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Henry Spencer Moore OM 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.
Introduction. Henry Moore pioneered a new vision for modern sculpture, becoming a global star within his own lifetime. He is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures but he also made carvings, drawings, prints and designed textiles and tapestries.
Henry Moore was probably the quintessential British sculptor of the 20 th century. Non-Western art was crucial in shaping his early work, leading European modernists were later influences, and Moore united these inspirations was a deeply felt humanism.
Henry Moore was an English sculptor whose organically shaped, abstract, bronze and stone figures constitute the major 20th-century manifestation of the humanist tradition in sculpture. Much of his work is monumental, and he was particularly well-known for a series of reclining nudes.
Early life. Henry Moore was born at 30 Roundhill Road, Castleford, on 30 July 1898, to Raymond Spencer Moore and Mary Baker. Castleford is a small industrial town in Yorkshire in the North of England.
Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) was one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century and arguably the most internationally celebrated sculptor of the period. He is renowned for his semi-abstract monumental bronzes, which can be seen all over the world. Jump to: Biography. Timeline. Moore's art. Works in public. Henry Moore Archive
Henry Moore was born in Castleford, Yorkshire, in the north of England, on 30 July 1898, the son of a coal miner. His early artistic development, fostered by his teacher Miss Alice Gostick, was further nurtured by studying sculpture at Leeds College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London.
