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Henry Moore Biography
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1898 |
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Born: 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 forKnife 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: Much Hadham, Herfordshire, England
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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55 JAHRE GALERIE KOCH – Meisterwerke der Bildhauerei - Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany
Le Rêve - Der Traum - Motiv und Metapher - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochu, Germany
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2008 - 2009
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Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture, Didrichsen Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Mother and Child: Henry Moore’s West Dean Tapestries, Figge Art Musuem, Davenport, Iowa
Moore in Ameirca, New York Botanical Garden, NY (solo)
Henry Moore Textiles, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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2008
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Henry Moore imaginary landscapes, Haus am Wladsee, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Moore and Mythology, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France (solo)
Henry Moore: Master Printmaker - A Major Tour of Russia, 12 venues in Russia (solo)
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2007
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Moore at Kew, Royal Botantic Gardenks, UK (solo)
Good Form: The Goldschmidt Collection of (small scale) Sculpture, Scottsdale museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Phoenix, AZ
Henry Moore: Natural Form, Tate Liverpool, Liverpoo, UK (solo)
Henry Moore: War and Utility, Imperial War Museum, London, UK (solo)
Henry Moore and the Challenge of Architecture, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Power and Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific, British Museum, London, Uk (solo)
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2006
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Henry Moore (retrospective), CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
Classics, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
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2005
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Dimensions, Winston Wachter Fine Art - New York, New York City, NY
Henry Moore: A Retrospective, Sao Paulo, Rio, Brasilia, Brasil (solo)
Henry Moore - Marlborough London, UK (solo)
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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
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2000
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Works on Paper - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
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1999
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Petits Formats - Yoshii Gallery, New York City, NY
Sculpture from the New Europe: public sculpture for the 2 Germanies 1945-68 - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
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1998
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Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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1993
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Modern Masters and the Figure: Picasso to de Kooning - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
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1992
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The Non-Objective World - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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1985
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The Treasure Houses of Britain: 500 Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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1978
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Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art I. Picasso and Cubism II. European Painting and Sculpture III. Henri Matisse: Cut-Outs - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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1956
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Monumentality in Modern Sculpture - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
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1942
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First Papers of Surrealism - - Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, New York City, NY
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1938
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Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme..., Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1936
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International Surrealist Exhibition... New Burlington Galleries, London, IK
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1932
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Neue Englische Kunst - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Tate Modern, London, UK
Tate Britain, London, UK
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid, Spain
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Museo Botero, Bogota , Colombia
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| Literature |
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2007
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Lewison, Jeremy, Henry Moore. Köln ; London : Taschen, 2007
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1993
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Fuller, Peter, Henry Moore. London : Methuen, 1993
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1992
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Mitchinson, David and Julian Stallabrass, Henry Moore. New York : Rizzoli, 1992
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1988
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Compton, Susan P., Henry Moore. London : Royal Academy of Arts, in association with Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988
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1943
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Grigson, Geoffrey, Henry Moore. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Eng. Penguin books, 1943
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| Links to further information |
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