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Henry Spencer Moore

Nationality
British
Birth/Death
1898-1986

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Artwork by Henry Spencer Moore
Work of Art
Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge
Work of Art
Large Spindle Piece

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British artist Henry Spencer Moore is best known for his abstract bronze sculptures. They were often inspired by natural forms. Moore is considered to be one of the most important British artists and sculptors of the 20th century. He also worked in printmaking, textile design, and drawing.

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Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English visual 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…