{"title":"Henry Moore","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eHenry Spencer Moore was one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century and arguably the most internationally celebrated sculptor of the period. Born in 1898 in the small mining town of Castleford, Yorkshire, the son of a coal miner, he knew he wanted to be a sculptor from an early age, but reluctantly trained as a teacher before serving in the army during the First World War. In 1919, thanks to an ex-serviceman's grant, he enrolled at Leeds School of Art and then the Royal College of Art in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eReacting against the European sculptural tradition, Moore moved away from the human figure to experiment with abstract shapes that drew on organic and natural forms, studying bones, pebbles and shells to understand what he called \"nature's principles of form and rhythm.\" By the 1930s he was among the leading avant-garde sculptors of Europe.\u003cspan class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBy the 1950s he had begun to receive international commissions, and continued working in sculpture, drawing, printmaking and textile design until his death in 1986. His work is held in almost every major public and private collection globally, with more sculptures in the public realm worldwide than any other sculptor in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Henry_Moore_5_Allan_Warren.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Henry Moore by Allen Warren via Wikimedia Commmons\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePhotograph\u003c\/a\u003e by Allan warren via Wikimedia Commons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"reclining-figure-1980","title":"Reclining Figure, 1980","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tender late-career work on paper, this piece captures Moore's enduring fascination with the human body in repose, a theme that defined his life's work. The horizontal stretch of the composition feels almost sculptural, as though the figure might at any moment gain weight and mass. There's an intimacy to works on paper that his monumental bronzes rarely allow, and this is no exception. Looser, more immediate, a glimpse into the artist's private visual thinking just a few years before his death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Moore (1898-1896)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57052469494134,"sku":"INV-MOOH-0001","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/14bd2bef-0347-43cb-916c-d0e796018c55-l.png?v=1774018119"},{"product_id":"upright-motive-maquette-no-6","title":"Upright Motive: Maquette No.6","description":"\u003cp\u003eConceived in 1955; this bronze version cast by 1965\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Moore (1898-1896)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053683581302,"sku":"INV-MOOH-0002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/88af3eea-6b2c-475c-bab7-ac97557ecd5c-l.jpg?v=1768314440"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/collections\/Moore_Front_Detail.jpg?v=1781277096","url":"https:\/\/hancockgallery.co.uk\/collections\/henry-moore.oembed","provider":"Hancock Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}