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Henry Spencer Moore ( July 30, 1898— August 31, 1986) was an artist and sculptor. Born into a poor mining family in Leeds, he became well known for his large scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures; substantially suported by the British art establishment, Moore helped to introduce a particular strand of modernism into Britain.
His ability to satisfy large-scale commissions, led him become exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life, although he spent little of his wealth. His signature form is a pierced reclining figure, first influenced by a Toltec- Maya sculpture known as " Chac Mool," which he had seen as a plaster cast in ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to in 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu. Early versions are pierced conventionally as a bent arm reconnects with the body, later more abstract versions are pieced directly through the body, in order to explore the concave and convex shapes. These more extreme piercings developed in parallel with Barbara HepworthJocelyn Barbara Hepworth ( May 20, 1903 January 10, 1975), born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was a sculptor in England. She studied at Leeds School of Art (where she became friends with Henry Moore), the Royal College of Art, London, and in Italy. One of's sculptures, when she first pierced a torso after misreading a review of one of Henry Moore's early shows.
Moore is best known for his abstract monumental bronzes which can be seen in many places around the world as public works of art. The subjects are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother-and-child or reclining figures. Interestingly, apart from a flirtation with family groups in the 1950s, the subject is nearly always a female figure. Characteristically Moore's figures are pierced or contain hollow voids. Many interpret the undulating form of his reclining figures with reference to the landscape and hills of Yorkshire where Moore was born.
When Moore's niece asked why his sculptures had such simple titles, he replied:
Moore's early work focused on direct carving in which the form of the sculpture evolves as the artist repeatedly whittles away at the block (see Half-figure 1932). In the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc Moore's transition into Modernism paralleled that of Barbara HepworthJocelyn Barbara Hepworth ( May 20, 1903 January 10, 1975), born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was a sculptor in England. She studied at Leeds School of Art (where she became friends with Henry Moore), the Royal College of Art, London, and in Italy. One of with both sculptors bouncing new ideas of each other and several other artists living in HampsteadSee Hampstead (disambiguation) for other places named Hampstead. Hampstead is a suburb of London about five miles northwest of the city centre. It constitutes the north-western part of the London Borough of Camden. Hampstead's origins can be traced back t at the time. Moore made many preparatory sketches and drawings for each sculpture. Most of these sketch books have survived and provide an insight into his development. By the end of the 1940s Moore increasingly produced sculptures by modelling, working out the shape in clay or plaster before casting the final work in bronze using the lost wax technique.
After the Second World War Moore's Bronzes took on their monumental scale, particularly suited for the public art commissions he was receiving. As a matter of practicality he largely abandoned direct carving, and took on several assistants to help produce the maquettes.
At his home in Much Hadham, Moore built up a collection of natural objects; skulls, driftwood, pebbles and shells, which he would use to provide inspiration for organic forms. For his largest works, he often produced a half scale working model before scaling up for the final moulding and casting at a bronze foundry. Sometimes a full scale plaster model was constructed, allowing Moore to refine the final shape and add surface marks before casting.
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