Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (1898–1986) was an
English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract
monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as
public works of art.
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 birthplace,
Yorkshire.
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