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Literature!"enry #oore! - David $ylverser!%n %rena&s 'arden! - $tephen $pender!he #odern orld! *+orbert Lynton

Art of Henry Moore%

"enry #oore ,as born /.0 as the seventh of eight children0 in 1orkshire- a mining region in +orthern 2ngland0 ,hose rugged countryside had adecided effect on the artists response to the colors0 te4tures0 ,eights0and malleability of stone and ,ood. talk during $unday $chool about

#ichelangelo began his first considerations to be a sculptor. he site ofthe 'othic statuary in the local church0 helped to foster this idea. %n the/67s0 #oore studied at the 8oyal 9ollege of rt in London. %n /63 he tooka trip to :aris0 studied 9e;anne and encountered 9ubism and $urrealism forthe first time.During that period "enry ,orked vigorously on his art0 and his notebooks,ere over,helmed ,ith sketches and ideas. %n London0 he studied in the ate'allery and the 0 and in /65 took up a travelling

scholarship to %taly. ?n his return0 he began teaching at the 89.%n /6 his first one-man e4hibition0 containing forty-t,o sculptures andfifty-one dra,ings0 opened at the arren 'allery. %t got some mi4edrevie,s0 but he did sell a couple of his ,orks0 and he got brief nationalattention%n /6/0 he married %rina 8adet;ky0 a 8ussian emigrant and student at the89. $he ,as to give him the security that enabled him to ,ork effectively.hey moved to 9halk @arm in "ampstead0 ,here a community of artists lived0included artists =en +icholson and =arbara "ep,orth0 and art critic "erbert8ead.#oore took part in %nternational $urrealist 24hibition in /3A. "e ,assigned on as ?fficial ar rtist in />. by Benneth 9lark0 and became a

rustee of the ate 'allery. During ar years he ,as member on the boardsof many institutions0 including the +ational 'allery and the rts 9ouncil.'oing home one night on the underground there ,as an air raid. #oore ,asimpressed by the people sleeping on the station platforms0 Chundreds of"enry #oore 8eclining @igures stretched along the platforms.C. "e ,asfascinated0 and ,ent back to sketch them. ith these Cshelter dra,ingsC he,on a more positive and sympathetic public response than ,ith his previous,ork.fter orld ar %%0 #oore emerged as an internationally kno,n artist. "is,ork ,as presented in a one-man sho, in />A at the #useum of #odern rt in+e, 1ork. %n /> he ,on the %nternational $culpture :ri;e at the

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his attention to large-scale public sculpture0 as he responded to thedemand from public institutions and corporations around the ,orld.%n /> opened the "enry #oore $culpture 9enter at the rt 'allery of?ntario0 9anada. "enry #oore @oundation established at #uch "addon0 in / ,hich gifted3Asculptures to the ate in /. %n /6 the "enry #oore $culpture 'allery and 9enter openedat Leeds rt'allery. =y the time of his death in /A at the age of 0 #oore ,as stillsculpting seven days a ,eek. he scale of his ,ork is very hugeE in total there are about //sculptures0 5577 dra,ings and graphics."e had become a celebrity artist - the most famous =ritish artist of the67th century0 and one of the greatest artist of the orld. "e is buried in the local churchat :erry 'reen0 >7 km northeast of London0 ,here he had lived and ,orkedsince />7. fter his death0 his place ,as opened for public as the "enry#oore $culpture :ark.oday0 the "enry #oore @oundation not only maintains #oores ,ork andstudios at :erry 'reen0 but preserves his legacy through e4hibitions and

the support of sculptors and sculpture proFects.

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Gntil #oore appearance =ritain ,as land ,ithout sculptor of more thanlocal interest0 and ,ith him entered the international arena through CbigdoorC. #oore ,as not a fundamentally revolutionary sculptor in the ,ay that'abo0 =rancusi and :icasso ,ere. "e can be seen as a synthesi;er of varioustrends. @rom =rancusi he learned the value of allo,ing the material tocommand the character of the ,orkE $urrealism and rp revealed to him themultiplicity of meaning found in familiar formsE some technical devices hetook from rchipenko and +aum 'abo. #ichelangelo (but also #asaccio) ,as

the primary influence on him0 as ,ell as ?ld 'reek sculpture and thecarving of pre-9olumbian #e4ico. %n the /37s0 the ,ork of :ablo :icassoand of contemporary abstract artists ,ere strong influencesE many of#oores ,orks of that period are highly abstract0 consisting of simplified0rounded pieces carved from ,ood0 ,ith numerous indentations and holes oftenspanned ,ith veils of thin metal ,ires. he most important and lastinginfluence on #oores ,ork0 ho,ever0 ,as the ,orld of nature.Che human figure0C he later ,rote0 Cis ,hat interests me most deeply0 but% have found principles of form and rhythm from the study of naturalobFects0 such as pebbles0 rocks0 bones0 trees0 plants.C#oore is kno,n for his large0 semiabstract sculptures of the human figure.2specially0 reclining female figures are a popular theme that occurs over

and over in his ,ork. %n fact0 #oores version of the reclining figure hasbecome an icon of public sculpture. %n #oores conception of volume one legand arm bear the full ,eight of the upper body and torso0 as architecturalcolumns ,ould do. "e tends to use opposite supporting arms and legs tocreate a rhythmHbalance in his sculptures and dra,ings.#oore himself brought an instinctive response to the physical ,orld and toits Iualities of scale0 te4ture and mass0 and echoed them in sculpturesthat ,ere often variations on the timeless theme of the reclining femalefigure. %n these he fused into miraculous unity suggestions received fromthe human image0 from landscape forms and from the structure of thematerial itself.Despite the fact that his forms are often heavy looking and his sculpturesare e4tremely heavy they have a grace created through the positioning oflimb and the addition of holes and path,ays that are as essential to thefigure as the figures themselves. #oore found that a sculpture become much

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more intimate and less sculpture by using niches and hollo,s to break upthe mass. @or e4ample0 in one #oore family group sculpture a man and a,oman sit ne4t to each other holding an infant. he hollo, abdomens turnthe t,o seated figures into one large lap or pocket. he suspended infantlies ,ithin this and it appears to symboli;e the ,armth and comforte4pected of a mothers ,omb.#oore also believed that the material predetermined ho, the sculpture ,ent.%f the subFect ,ere to be carved from stone0 the natural faults ,ould helpshape the figure ,ith him. %f the sculpture ,ere ,ood0 the knots andaccidents ,ould predetermine the ,ork."is favored themes include mother and child0 ,hich are often as the%nternalH 24ternal @orm e4panded0 so that the fetus has Fust emerged fromthe enveloping #other figure. %t is the #adonna and 9hild simplified.s the artist re,orked the image to larger than life si;e0 he turned to thesimplification found in internalHe4ternal form. "e finds in the simplification a monumentalityfor his last maFor ,ork. #oore remarked0 C1ou cant come to the outside of a figure ,ithoutkno,ing the inside0 or

,ithout understanding its constructionE it is like architecture ,hich hasan outside and an inside.C"is favored themes include family groups0 fallen ,arriors0 and0 mostcharacteristically0 the reclining human figure0 ,hich he continued todepict throughout his career0 ,orking in ,ood0 stone0 and -after /57 inbron;e0 and later in marble. hese ,orks range from the realistic - such asDraped 8eclining @igure (/530 ime-Life =uilding0 London)0 a massivesculpture of a ,oman reclining on her elbo,sJto the abstract - such as%nternal and 24ternal @orms (/5>0 lbright-Bno4 'allery0 =uffalo0 +e,1ork)0 a large0 rounded bron;e sculpture pierced by a hollo, interiorcontaining a second abstract metal form.Gnlike #oores usually preparatory sketches for his sculpture0 a series of

dra,ings of Londoners huddled in tube stations during orld ar %% airraids stand on their o,n as ,orks of art. hese so-called shelter dra,ingspoignantly e4press the impact of ,ar on defenseless civilians. $econdlargest collections of his sculpture0 dra,ings0 and prints (after collection of the "enry #oore@oundation)is o,ned by the rt 'allery of ?ntario0 oronto.#oores huge body of ,ork can be found in prominent sites all over the,orld0 from London to Kerusalem0 from +e, 1ork to KapanE his sculptureshave been placed in more public places throughout the ,orld than any othersculptor in history."e is one of the very fe, artists ,hose ,ork is instantly recogni;able to a,ide public.

mong his maFor public commissions are outdoor sculptures for the G+2$9?headIuarters in :aris (/5)E Lincoln 9enter of the :erforming rts0 +19(/A5)E the 9ity "all of oronto0 ?ntario (/AA)E and the 2ast =uilding ofthe +ational 'allery of rt0 ashington0 D.9. (/).%n $,eden there are t,o #oores sculptures in bron;e.?ne0 small is in $tockholm0 and another0 big (hree parts resting figure -/A) is in 'vle. $culpture in $tockholm0 called C24ternalH%nternal formC0 symbolicallypresents mother ,ho protects her child0 and is one of #ooreJssketchesHvariants for his large sculpture CLarge 24ternalH%nternal formC,hich original is in 9hicago ( and replica is at his sculpture park in:erry 'reen).=eside this t,o0 $kissernas #useum in Lund has one sculpture in plaster (gift from artist).

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:ersonally0 % am very fond of "enry #oores sculptures. :rimarily0 becauseof their abstract forms. hese abstract forms can be perceived as keepingmany secrets and tales about human race and our civili;ation."enry #oores ,ork has a spirit and essence ,hich is universal0 and maybe0his dramatic0 big volumes offers to spectators ans,ers on many personal0intimate Iuestions and dilemmas0 ,hich each of us carry JM "is sculpturesymboli;es human bonds and ,ith his great body of ,orks he e4plores theunity of art and mankind. he theme of the mother and the child0 then notonly refers to the maternal relationships but is about fertility0 maternityand gro,th - universal ideas. %t evokes images of the egg0 the ,omb and theuncarved stone. "is art is reminiscent of some of the earliest primitiveimages.#oore ,as the most influential figure sculptor of the last century andshall al,ays be remembered. fter having read his biography0 seen e4amplesof his sculptures0 and having understood the deep ,armth0 grace0 andfeeling that many of his sculptures convey0 one should have a deeper

understanding of the brilliance and dedication this great man had.

Che creative habit is like a drug. he particular obsession changes0 butthe e4citement0 the thrill of your creation lasts...C(". #oore)