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Barbara Hepworth (1905-1975)
Barbara Hepworth, along with Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson, was at the center of a group of artists who created a revolutionary new approach to European abstract sculpture of the 1930s. Characterized by highly simplified, organic forms, with affinities to the work of Moore and Hans Arp, Hepworth's abstractions are imbued with a dignified presence that has often been compared with the serene power of classical sculpture.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Hepworth's family encouraged her talents from an early ageWith Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth was the most important exponent of a new approach to abstract sculpture in Europe in the 1930s. Brandt appreciated all these scultors as seen in his sympathetic portrayal of them.
Educated at Leeds and London, she became friends with Henry Moore at the Royal College of Art. In 1924 she went to Italy to study painting and sculpture. She married Ben Nicholson and they knew people like Picasso, Arp, Mondriaan and Brancusi. She was created Dame of the British Empire in 1965.
Characterized by highly simplified, organic forms, with affinities to the work of Moore and Hans Arp, Hepworth's abstractions are imbued with a dignified presence that has often been compared with the serene power of classical sculpture.
