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About Henry Spencer Moore
Henry Spencer Moore
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Moore produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire.
Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a coal miner. He became well-known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom. His ability in later life to fulfil large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy. Despite this, he lived frugally; most of the money he earned went towards endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts.
In 1901 England & Wales Census
- Henry Moore
- Gender: Male
- Birth: Circa 1899
- Castleford, Yorkshire
- Residence: 1901
- 30 Roundhill RD, Castleford, Yorkshire, England
- Age: 2
- Marital status: Single
- Working at home: No
- Father: Raymond S Moore
- Mother: Mary Moore
- Siblings: Alfred Moore
- Mary Moore
- Elizabeth Moore
- Elsie Moore
- Annie S Moore
- Raymond Moore
- Census
- Urban district: Castleford Series: RG13
- Parish: Castleford Piece: 4304
- Township: Castleford Enumerated by: William Taylor
- Ecclesiastical district: All Saints Castleford Enum. District: 17
- Parlamentary borough: Osgolderass Page: 40
- Registration district: Pontefract, Castleford Family: 155
- County: Yorkshire Line: 14
- Country: England Image: 25
- Date: 1901
- Household
- Relation to head Name Age
- Head Raymond S Moore 51
- Wife Mary Moore 43
- Son Raymond Moore 14
- Son Alfred Moore 12
- Daughter Mary Moore 8
- Daughter Elizabeth Moore 6
- Son Henry Moore 2
- Daughter Elsie Moore 1 month
- Daughter Annie S Moore 15
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Henry Spencer Moore's Timeline
| 1898 |
July 30, 1898
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Castleford, Yorkshire, Great Britain (United Kingdom)
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| 1986 |
August 31, 1986
Age 88
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Much Hadham, Herts, Great Britain (United Kingdom)
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September 1986
Age 88
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Perry Green, Much Hadham, Herts, Great Britain (United Kingdom)
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