Barbara Hepworth, a English sculpture born in West Yorkshire, England. As a growing artist she received scholarships to Leeds School of Art. She then was awarded a scholar ship to the Royal College of Art where she received her diploma in 1924. She worked with both wood and stone and did direct carving even when that was not popular at the time. In all of her work she showed a great understanding of the quality of her materials and craftsmanship. By the 1950's she was a international hit and revived many honors and prestigious public commissions, one of which is the memorial to Dag Hammerskjold-Single Form-at the United Nations in New York. She later moved more into working with bronze, mostly for her larger pieces but still had a soft spot for direct carving. Hepworth died tragically in a fire at her studio in St Ives. The studio is now a museum dedicated to her work. More of Hepworths work will go on display at the Hepworth Wakefield Museum which should be completed in 2011.
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ReplyDeleteWell, I admire all of her work but mostly I enjoy the pieces that are just carved and not pieced together. One thing I noticed while looking at her work was that most all of her work had either some kind of hole in them or was a incomplete circle design. Its hard to explain but if you look at her work, its as if she wanted to make sure you could see through her work and view the garden on the other side. Most of her work is large and sit in a garden type area. I watched a video that was a walk through her sculpture garden and it was amazing. Her art mixing with all this beautiful plant life just added a whole different element to viewing her work. I will try to add that vid, tried adding it before but it gave me problems
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