Moore, Henry
Moore, Henry (1898–1986). One of the greatest sculptors of the 20th cent. Drawing inspiration from primitive sculptures and Italian frescos, he intended his work to have ‘a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own’. Moore taught at the Royal College of Art 1925–32 and at the Chelsea School of Art 1932–9. At about the same time as his first public commission, the North Wind relief on the London Transport Building (1928), Moore produced his first reclining figure. This theme, together with that of mother and child, was repeated throughout his life. During the 1930s, Moore's style tended to the abstract and was disliked by traditionalists. But his series of drawings Shelter, of people sleeping in London Underground stations during the Second World War, brought him popular recognition. Madonna (1944) for St Matthew's church, Northampton, and Three Standing Figures (1947–8) in Battersea Park (London), resulted in many further commissions. He was given the OM in 1963.
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