Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore 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. As well as sculpture, Moore 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.
| Date and place of birt: | 30 july 1898, Castleford, United Kingdom |
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| Date and place of death: | 31 august 1986, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Sculptor, Artist |
| Art style: | Abstractionism, Expressionist, Modern, Modernism, Primitivism, Surrealism |
