Henry Moore
Author
Series
Newcomen publication volume 1, no. 13
Publisher
Newcomen Society, American Branch
Pub. Date
1948
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Lund Humphries
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
This volume presents the early development of English artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) as an art student prodigy and continues on through his career, with a focus on his "Shelter Drawings," a series depicting Londoners who sought shelter in the Underground during the Blitz. The author also explores the influence of surrealism and its biomorphic shapes on Moore's work in the 1920s and 1930s. The author concentrates his focus on how Moore developed his...