Henry Moore 1898-1986

Henry Moore is one of the most significant British artists of the 20th Century and Osborne Samuel have held many exhibitions of the artist’s work over the years, curating both for museums and galleries globally and working closely with the Henry Moore Foundation. We have also published many catalogues and books on the artist’s life and work.

Celebrated as a sculptor, but was strongly influenced in his formative years by painters such as Giotto, Masaccio, Blake, Turner and Picasso, as well as the painter/sculptor Michaelangelo. Born in Castleford, Yorkshire. Attended Leeds School of Art from 1919-21. In 1921 Moore won a Royal Exhibition Scholarship to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London. He taught at the Royal College from 1924-31 and at Chelsea School of Art from 1932-39. He was given his first one-man show in 1928 by the Warren Gallery and in the same year he gained his first public commission – to carve a relief in stone for a façade of the new Underground Building, London.

Moore was a member of the Seven and Five Society from 1931 and he was invited to join Unit One; a group whose members included Edward Burra, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Edward Wadsworth. In 1946 Moore was given his first overseas retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1948 he won the International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale. He had a retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London in 1951 and 1968. He was First prize winner at the Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil in 1953.... read more

Henry Moore         Space & Form: Exhibition Catalogue           Space & Form: Exhibition Catalogue

Henry Moore Art Fairs

Henry Moore Sculpture

Maquette for Draped Reclining Figure

Henry Moore: Maquette for Draped Reclining Figure

Baby’s Head

Henry Moore: Baby’s Head, 1926

Figure

Henry Moore: Figure, 1933

Reclining Figure

Henry Moore: Reclining Figure, 1936-37

Family Group

Henry Moore: Family Group, 1945

Helmet

Henry Moore: Helmet, 1950

Maquette for Strapwork Head

Henry Moore: Maquette for Strapwork Head, 1950

Draped Reclining Figure

Henry Moore: Draped Reclining Figure, 1957

Snake Head

Henry Moore: Snake Head, 1961

Working Model for Reclining Figure: Bone Skirt

Henry Moore: Working Model for Reclining Figure: Bone Skirt, 1977-1979

Mother and Child: Circular Base

Henry Moore: Mother and Child: Circular Base, 1980

Reclining Nude: Crossed Feet

Henry Moore: Reclining Nude: Crossed Feet, 1980

Reclining Woman, No. 2

Henry Moore: Reclining Woman, No. 2, 1980

Reclining Girl

Henry Moore: Reclining Girl, 1983

Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 5

Henry Moore: Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No. 5, Conceived in 1962

Henry Moore Paintings and Drawings

The Violinist

Henry Moore: The Violinist, 1919

Studies of Sleeping Child: The Artists Nephew Peter

Henry Moore: Studies of Sleeping Child: The Artists Nephew Peter, 1922

Seated Nude

Henry Moore: Seated Nude, 1924

Sculptural Ideas

Henry Moore: Sculptural Ideas, 1935

Fourteen Ideas for Sculpture

Henry Moore: Fourteen Ideas for Sculpture, 1939

Study for Sculpture

Henry Moore: Study for Sculpture, 1940

Ideas for Sculpture

Henry Moore: Ideas for Sculpture, 1942

Reclining Figures

Henry Moore: Reclining Figures, 1943

Study of Madonna and Child

Henry Moore: Study of Madonna and Child, 1943

Rocking Chairs

Henry Moore: Rocking Chairs, 1948

Standing and Seated Figures

Henry Moore: Standing and Seated Figures, 1948

Bone Form

Henry Moore: Bone Form, 1969

Girl Doing Homework

Henry Moore: Girl Doing Homework, 1972

Seated Mother & Child with Animals in Landscape

Henry Moore: Seated Mother & Child with Animals in Landscape, 1972

Standing Cloaked Figure

Henry Moore: Standing Cloaked Figure, 1973

Studies for an Italian Pieta & Seated Mother and Child

Henry Moore: Studies for an Italian Pieta & Seated Mother and Child, 1974-1976

Two Seated Figures

Henry Moore: Two Seated Figures, 1975-1976

Women Winding Wool

Henry Moore: Women Winding Wool, c.1948

Henry Moore Prints

Henry Moore: Prints & Portfolios Deluxe Edition

Henry Moore: Henry Moore: Prints & Portfolios Deluxe Edition

Seated Figures

Henry Moore: Seated Figures, 1949

Standing Figures

Henry Moore: Standing Figures, 1949

Standing Figures

Henry Moore: Standing Figures, 1950

Standing Figures

Henry Moore: Standing Figures, 1966

Two Reclining Figures in Yellow and Green

Henry Moore: Two Reclining Figures in Yellow and Green, 1967

Fjord

Henry Moore: Fjord, 1973

Lullaby

Henry Moore: Lullaby, 1973

Seated Figure

Henry Moore: Seated Figure, 1973

Split Stone

Henry Moore: Split Stone, 1973

Two Women Bathing Child II

Henry Moore: Two Women Bathing Child II, 1973

Four Mother and Child Studies

Henry Moore: Four Mother and Child Studies, 1976