For other people named Henry Moore, see Henry Moore (disambiguation).
Henry Moore
OM CH FBA
Moore in 1975
Born
Henry Spencer Moore
(1898-07-30)30 July 1898
Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
31 August 1986(1986-08-31) (aged 88)
Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
Education
Leeds School of Art Royal College of Art
Known for
Sculpture, drawing, graphics, textiles
Notable work
List of sculptures
Movement
Bronze Sculpture, Modernism
Spouse
Irina Radetsky
(m. 1929)
Children
1
Henry Spencer MooreOM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his Yorkshire birthplace.
Moore became well known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom. His ability in later life to fulfil large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy. Despite this, he lived frugally; most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts.
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