Henry Moore

Henry Moore
Moore in 1975, by Allan Warren
Born	Henry Spencer Moore (1898-07-30)30 July 1898 Castleford, Yorkshire, England
Died	31 August 1986(1986-08-31) (aged 88) Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.
Nationality	English
Known for	sculpture, drawing
Notable work	Reclining Figures, 1930s – 1980s
Movement	Bronze Sculpture, Modernism
Awards	OM CH FBA

Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English sculptor and artist in the modern art genre. He was best known for his abstract monumental sculptures, which are public works of art in many places around the world.

His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works usually suggest the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he did family groups. His forms are generally pierced or have hollow spaces. Some think the undulating form of his reclining figures reflect the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire.

Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a mining engineer. He became known for his larger-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures. His large-scale commissions made him exceptionally rich. Yet he lived carefully and most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation. This supports education and promotion of the arts.

He did some work in architecture. in 1955 Moore did his only work in carved brick, "Wall Relief" at the Bouwcentrum in Rotterdam. The brick relief was sculpted with 16,000 bricks by two Dutch bricklayers under Moore's supervision.

Wall Relief No. 1, (1955), Bouwcentrum, Rotterdam

The Art Gallery of Ontario's Henry Moore collection is the largest public collection of his works in the world.

Gallery

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  West Wind (1928) Portland stone, 55 Broadway, London
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  Family Group (1950) bronze, Barclay School, Stevenage
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  Reclining Figure (1951) painted plaster, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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  Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1 (1961) bronze, Yorkshire sculpture park
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  Locking Piece (1963) bronze, on the bank of the River Thames, London
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  Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 (1963-64) bronze, Kenwood House, London
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  Three Way Piece No. 2 (The Archer) (1964-65) Toronto City Hall Plaza
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  Hill Arches (1972-73) bronze, National Gallery of Australia
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  Three Forms: Vertebrae (1968-69), at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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  Kongreßhalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985?)
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  "Large Butterfly", 1986, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany
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  Die Liegende in Stuttgart Staatsgalerie
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  Sculpture in front oh the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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  Large Vertebrae (Wirbel) 1967/68 - Münster, Germany Himmelreichallee