Henry Moore
Henry Moore (1898-1986) He was born in Castleford, Yorkshire (England). He was a British artist and sculptor. In fact, Moore is considered the most influential sculptor of this century.
Moore decided to become a sculptor when he was only eleven ! and he was encouraged by his school teacher (Moore was fascinated by the work of Michelangelo and decided to follow in his footsteps) but Moore's parents were against he was a sculptor because they said it was a manual labour and not a career.... Despite his early desire to become a sculptor he began his career as a teacher in Castleford.
Picasso and the abstract contemporany artists were a strong influence in Moore’s sculptures. He was very interested in primitive art (especially pre-Columbian art)
Their subjects or favourite topics are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother with child, family group, female and reclining figures.
The variety of materials he used is very wide: firstly, stone and wood, and later marble and bronze. Moore is known for his monumental works in stone and bronze and reclining semiabstract figures, with powerful effect.
In CaixaForum there were a lot of beautiful sculptures but there was one very interesting for me. Firtsly, because Moore used the human body to create a really landscape. In the number 2 scultpture (Henry Moore Foundation) you can see the artist separate a body in three o four parts (I don’t remember exatly the number of pieces) and the final effect it’s great since you can imagine his/her legs and arms are mountains in the middle of the sea... ) and if you put together all the pieces of the body you can imagine a man lying. In fact, you can see a landscape made with parts of human body ! Undoubtedly one of the principal influence that Moore received was the Nature, using wavy forms and rounded perforations that try to reflect natural forms.
Moore realized also a series of drawings about the Londoners during the bombardments of the Second World War (in fact, he was injured in a gas attack during the Battle of Cambria). These drawings express the big impact of the war on the defenceless citizens. Moore was considered official war artist and it’s important to remember that Moore was in the First Worl War in military service too...
I liked also sculptures of wood. And it’s fantastic the way Moore created faces.... you can observe that he used only two points for eyes and one for mouth but it’s enough..... you don’t need any more for imagine the figure and to feel what the artist wanted to transmit... Art is a really transmitter of feelings....
If you go to see sculpture you can see forms, reliefs... I like art because you can imagine all the time what is the meaning of the work of art that you have in front of you (a painting, a sculpture, a jewel, it doesn`t matter which is the shape of exprssion that you use....
See you !
Henry Moore (1898-1986) He was born in Castleford, Yorkshire (England). He was a British artist and sculptor. In fact, Moore is considered the most influential sculptor of this century.
Moore decided to become a sculptor when he was only eleven ! and he was encouraged by his school teacher (Moore was fascinated by the work of Michelangelo and decided to follow in his footsteps) but Moore's parents were against he was a sculptor because they said it was a manual labour and not a career.... Despite his early desire to become a sculptor he began his career as a teacher in Castleford.
Picasso and the abstract contemporany artists were a strong influence in Moore’s sculptures. He was very interested in primitive art (especially pre-Columbian art)
Their subjects or favourite topics are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother with child, family group, female and reclining figures.
The variety of materials he used is very wide: firstly, stone and wood, and later marble and bronze. Moore is known for his monumental works in stone and bronze and reclining semiabstract figures, with powerful effect.
In CaixaForum there were a lot of beautiful sculptures but there was one very interesting for me. Firtsly, because Moore used the human body to create a really landscape. In the number 2 scultpture (Henry Moore Foundation) you can see the artist separate a body in three o four parts (I don’t remember exatly the number of pieces) and the final effect it’s great since you can imagine his/her legs and arms are mountains in the middle of the sea... ) and if you put together all the pieces of the body you can imagine a man lying. In fact, you can see a landscape made with parts of human body ! Undoubtedly one of the principal influence that Moore received was the Nature, using wavy forms and rounded perforations that try to reflect natural forms.
Moore realized also a series of drawings about the Londoners during the bombardments of the Second World War (in fact, he was injured in a gas attack during the Battle of Cambria). These drawings express the big impact of the war on the defenceless citizens. Moore was considered official war artist and it’s important to remember that Moore was in the First Worl War in military service too...
I liked also sculptures of wood. And it’s fantastic the way Moore created faces.... you can observe that he used only two points for eyes and one for mouth but it’s enough..... you don’t need any more for imagine the figure and to feel what the artist wanted to transmit... Art is a really transmitter of feelings....
If you go to see sculpture you can see forms, reliefs... I like art because you can imagine all the time what is the meaning of the work of art that you have in front of you (a painting, a sculpture, a jewel, it doesn`t matter which is the shape of exprssion that you use....
See you !
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