Henry Moore

Moore was born in July 1898 in Castleford, Yorkshire. At seventeen he joined the army, as the youngest member of his regiment, the Civil Service Rifles. For him the First World War was not the traumatic experience it was for so many others: he remembers the army as being 'just like a bigger family' and says that 'for me the war passed in a romantic haze of trying to be a hero.'

Moore was a teacher…. So like Mrs. Godard, he was very smart and talented.

Moore was reluctant to join any stylistic grouping, but was more interested in Surrealism, and showed at the International Exhibition of Surrealist Art held in London in This was also the year in which his work was first seen in the USA: he was included in an exhibition entitled Cubism and Abstract Art, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Moore's ever expanding studios and gardens came to resemble a factory as the work came to be organized along quasiindustrial lines, with maquettes and models of gradually increasing size being made until the final full scale result was achieved. Maquettes for rejected ideas would also be cast, so that there was a steady flow of small bronzes from Moore's studio, as well as drawings and prints.

Much of his imagery comes from nature. Ex. Bones, stones and drift wood.

Yahoo… Texture!!!

Henry Moore would use assistants in his art studio to help cast and even put final touches on his large art pieces. His materials included plaster, bronze, stone, and wood.