caption movement death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize training awards field birth_date works image article_title name bgcolour
moore in 1975 bronze sculpture , modernism yes 31 august 1986 -lrb- aged 88 -rrb- much hadham , hertfordshire , uk -- > henry spencer moore castleford , yorkshire , uk 225px leeds , london om ch fba sculpture , drawing , graphics , textiles yes 30 july 1898 reclining figures , 1930s & nbsp ; -- 1980s henry moore in workshop allan warren.jpg henry moore
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henry moore

henry spencer moore -lrb- 30 july 1898 -- 31 august 1986 -rrb- was an english sculptor and artist .
he was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art .
his forms are usually abstractions of the human figure , typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures .
moore 's works are usually suggestive of the female body , apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups .
his forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces .
many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace , yorkshire .
moore was born in castleford , the son of a coal miner .
he became well-known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures , and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the united kingdom .
his ability in later life to fulfill large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy .
yet he lived frugally and most of the money he earned went towards endowing the henry moore foundation , which continues to support education and promotion of the arts .
