Henry Moore

By, Kelly Sweeney, Kellie Murphy, Kiersten Latowski, Nico Berrios,

Ryian Hubbard, Meghan Wood, & Katie Clawson

Early Life and Education

• Henry Moore was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England• He was the seventh of eight children to Raymond Moore and

Mary Baker• His family often struggled with poverty• He began modeling in clay and carving in wood in elementary

schools• He decided to become a sculptor when he was eleven, after

hearing about Michelangelo• He got a scholarship to Castleford Secondary School, and

wanted to get a scholarship to the local art college but his parents were against him becoming a sculptor

– He became a student teacher to where he used to go to school

Early Life and Education

He went into the armyAfter the army, he became the first student at Leeds School of Art in 1919There he met Barbara Hepworth and the two of them became friends (which lasted many years)Moore won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London– It was here that he started expanding his

knowledge

Later Life Following several earlier miscarriages, his wife Irina gave birth to their first child Mary Moore. The child was named after Moore's mother, who had died a couple of years earlier. Both the loss of his mother and the arrival of a baby focused Moore's mind on the family, which he expressed in his work by producing many mother-and-daughter compositions. In the same year, Moore made his first visit to America when an exhibition of his work opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Later LifeTowards the end of the war during his time, a man named Henry Morris, who was trying to reform concept of the Village College, had approached Moore. Morris had engaged Walter Gropius as the architect for his second village college at Imington near the place of Cambridge and Walter wanted Moore to design a brand new welcoming sculpture for the site. Sadly, the County Council could not afford Gropius's full design of the sculpture, and went back to the old scaled project that Gropius created when he emigrated to America. Short on funds, Moore’s sculpture was cancelled due to barely reaching the Maquette stage. On the bright side, Moore was able to reuse the design in 1950 for a similar commission outside of a secondary school for the new town of Stevenage.

Personal Life

Henry moore was the son of a mining engineer, Moore was born in Castleford, Yorkshire. He was the seventh of eight children to Raymond Spencer Moore and Mary Baker. He decided to become a sculptor when he was eleven after hearing of Michelangelo's achievements. He was drafted into the war when he was 18. In 1932, Moore took up a post as the Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Chelsea School of Art. Irina moore gave birth to their daughter, Mary Moore in March 1946.

LegacyMoore had a big influence on several generations of British and international sculptors. Some of these artists who have acknowledged Moore's influence to their work are Sir Anthony Caro, Phillip King, and Isaac Witkin, (all three had been assistants to Moore.) Other artists whose work were influenced by him include Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bernard Meadows, Reeg Butler, William Turnbull, Robert Adams, Kenneth Armitage, and Geoffrey Clarke.

Legacy cont.Today, the Henry Moore Foundation supports exhibition and research activities into international sculpture. Although the general interest in Moore's work has declined since his death, the institutions he endowed continue to play an essential role in promoting contemporary art in the United Kingdom.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

This is a picture of the exterior of the Henry Moore Foundation/Institute.

Morre’s early work is focused on direct carving in which the form of the sculpture evolves as the artist repeatedly whittles away at the block. In the 1930 Moore transition into modernism

Henry Moore’s Style

Henry Moores signature design was a reclining figure. His style is very abstract with holes appearing in his sculptures in later years. This is his sculpture called “Nuclear Energy.”

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

His Work

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Madonna and Child “This sculpture reflects a more naturalistic tone than that seen in Moore’s pre-war works, and seems very much related to the Shelter Drawings in its use of drapery and in the rendering of the human form.”

His Work

Nuclear EnergyCommemorates the first sustained nuclear reaction, in 1941, in the squash courts under the west stands of Stagg Field. The sculpture marks the spot where the nuclear age began.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

His Work

Family GroupThis statue was Moore's first large scale commission for a bronze and his first commission following the WWII. It was originally intended for Impington Village College in Cambridge. Though, after Moore had designed it, Impington canceled the sculpture due to lack of funds.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.