Henry Moore - Sculpture, Abstraction, 1930s

Henry Moore

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Reclining Figure: Angles from an exhibition of Henry Moore's sculptures at the New York Botanical Garden, New York City, 2008.

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The most advanced artistic activity in England in the early 1930s was centred around this circle of friends. They were all interested in abstract art at a time when this was considered the ultimate in artistic extremism. In his own work from 1931 onward, Moore moved tentatively away from the human figure to experiment with abstract shapes and also to combine abstract shapes with references to the figure. In 1931 he had the first of many one-man exhibitions in the Leicester Galleries in London. His work was enthusiastically introduced by sculptor Jacob Epstein, but it aroused violent criticism in the ...(100 of 2499 words)

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