Henry Moore Reclining figure Perry Green Henry Moore

Henry Moore Reclining figure Perry Green Henry Moore Perry Green 5 -Woman 1957 -58 Henry Moore Art in the Classroom Henry Moore Perry Garden 8 -Reclining Figure: Hand 1979

Henry Moore • Lived 1898 – 1986 • 7 th of 8 children! • Father: coal miner • Decided to become a sculptor in elementary school • Parents wanted him to be a teacher • English sculptor • Studied in England

Moore – sculpture Favorite subjects: • Human figure • Mother and child • Reclining figure • Exaggerates the pose, shape and sizes of the limbs, arms and body Henry Moore Reclining Figure No. 4, 1954 -55 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; http: //www. metmuseum. org/toah/ho/11/euwb/hod_1995. 600. htm (October 2006)

• Smooth shapes • Empty hollows Henry Moore with his elmwood Reclining Figure, 1939

Moore • Outdoors • Inspired by nature • “they need space, they need to breathe” Henry Moore 15 -Large Reclining Figure 1984

2 Reclining Connected Forms, 1969 Henry Moore Perry Green. Henry Moore Sheep piece Perry Green Interested in primitive art – the shape of form

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City > Reclining Figure: Hand (by Henry Moore)

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City > Sheep Piece by Henry Moore

• Large Arch • “wanted to sculpt art that could be walked around and through” • Bronze • Located in Columbus, Ohio Henry Moore Large Arch http: //www. kid-at-art. com/htdoc/kidsarch. html

Art in the Classroom: Henry Moore Activity Create a sculpture! • Think of an abstract figure or shape you want to make • Holes (negative space) are as important as solid parts • Use the knife to remove the plaster of paris where you want a hole and to shape the edges