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born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and trained at Leeds College of Art
and the Royal College of Art, London. She was a member of an important
group of British artists, which included Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson,
who were champions of abstract sculpture. During a trip to Italy in
the mid-1920’s, Hepworth began carving simplified figures in
stone and hardwood. In 1931, Hepworth produced Pierced Form,
an alabaster sculpture with a hole carved through its center. The
opening gave a sense of visual flow through the form and allowed light
to enter the otherwise solid mass. In 1960, Hepworth created Figure for Landscape, which continued to utilize holes, adding half-open, shell-like, and softly curving shapes to imply a female figure. This outdoor sculpture exemplifies Hepworth’s interest in placing human shapes in a landscape. Here the rising form suggests the emergence of the sculptural object from the land.  (For Grade 3) What does this sculpture look like to you? Why do you think the artist has holes in her sculptures? Why do you think the artist wanted to place her sculpture outdoors? In making this artwork, what materials and/or tools do you think the artist used? What problems do you think the artist faced along the way? |
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Barbara Hepworth England, 1903-1975 Figure For Landscape Bronze, 1960 Museum Purchase 1968:47 © San Diego Museum of Art |
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