Henry S. Moore (1898, Castleford, England – 1886, Much Hadham, England)

Although, from a young age, he already wanted to be a sculptor, Moore began his career as a teacher in Castleford. He was in the military service in World War I. In 1921, he won a Royal Exhibition Scholarship to study sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Since then, Moore became interested in the Mexican, Egyptian, and African sculpture he saw at the British Museum. In 1924, he became an Instructor of Sculpture at this academy for seven years. During a trip to Italy, he was influenced by the frescoes of Giotto and Masaccio and the late sculpture of Michelangelo.
In the 1930s, Moore was a member of Unit One, a group of advanced artists organized by Paul Nash, and was a close friend of Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, and the critic Herbert Read. He was an important force in the English Surrealist movement, although he was not entirely committed to its doctrines; Moore participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in 1936. Although he is known by his sculptures, in 1940, Moore executed drawings of life in underground bomb shelters for the War Artists Advisory Committee and from 1940 to 1943, the artist concentrated almost entirely on drawing. In 1943, he carved a Madonna and Child – the first of many other important sculptures.

In 2005, an exhibition of his art "took" place in São Paulo at the Pinacoteca.

In summary, this is Henry Moore's. After our class visit this exhibition next Friday, I'll post my comments, appreciations and critics.

Source : http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_114.html