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Biography |
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1898 |
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Born in Castleford Yorkshire, England |
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1919 |
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Enrolled at Leeds School of Art |
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1921 - 1924 |
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Royal College of Art in London |
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1924 |
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Won travelling scholarship and went to Italy for six months |
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1928 - 1929 |
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Received commission for first public sculpture: a figure on St James’s Park underground station in London |
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1925 - 1932 |
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Taught sculpture at the Royal College of Art |
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1936 |
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Participated in the International Surrealist exhibition in London |
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1932 - 1939 |
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Taught sculpture at the Chelsea School of Art |
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1955 |
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Made a Companion of Honour |
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1941 - 1956 |
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Trustee of the Tate Gallery |
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1956 |
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Trustee of the National Gallery |
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1957 |
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Commission for the UNESCO building in Paris |
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1962 |
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Commission for Knife Edge Two Pieces, for College Green, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London |
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1963 |
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Received the Order of Merit |
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1967 |
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Commission for Nuclear Energy for the University of Chicago |
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1986 |
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Died in Much Hadham, Herfordshire, England |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture, Didrichsen Museum, Helsinki, February 7-Septemner 28 |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Mother and Child: Henry Moore’s West Dean Tapestries, Figge Art Musuem, Davenport, Iowa, July 12-January 11 |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Moore in Ameirca, New York Botanical Garden, NY, May 24-January 11 |
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2000 - 2009 |
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Henry Moore Textiles, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 14-January 31 |
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2008 |
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Henry Moore imaginary landscapes, Haus am Wladsee, Berlin, June 22-October 21 |
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2008 |
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Skulpturen im Blickpunkt, Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (group) |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Moore and Mythology, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, September 19-February 28 |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Henry Moore: Master Printmaker - A Major Tour of Russia, 12 venues in Russia, February 1-January 1 |
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2007 |
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Moore at Kew, Royal Botantic Gardenks, UK, September 14-March 30 |
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2007 |
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Good Form: The Goldschmidt Collection of (small scale) Sculpture, Scottsdale museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Phoenix, AZ (group) |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Henry Moore: Natural Form, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, April 8-February 4 |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Henry Moore: War and Utility, Imperial War Museum, London September 14-February 25 |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, October 14-January 29 |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Power and Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific, British Museum, London, September 28-January 7 (group) |
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2006 |
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Henry Moore (retrospective), CaixaForum, Barcelona, July 19-October 29 |
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2006 |
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Classics, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere (group) |
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2005 |
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Dimensions, Winston Wachter Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY (group) |
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2005 |
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Henry Moore: A Retrospective, Sao Paulo, Rio, Brasilia, Brasil, April 11-October 27 |
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2004 |
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Cubism and its Legacy - The Gift of Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England (group) |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Henry Moore, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Moore in China, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghia, China, October-April |
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