Henry Moore

Henry Moore in 1975, standing next to his sculpture Working Model for Oval with Points (Photo by Allan Warren)
Henry Moore in 1975, standing next to his sculpture Working Model for Oval with Points
Henry Moore in 1975, standing next to his sculpture Working Model for Oval with Points, Henry Moore, General (Photo by Allan Warren)
Oval with Points (1968-70) by Henry Moore, at the Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire, Henry Moore, General (Photo by Jynto)
Reclining Figure (1951) by Henry Moore, outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Henry Moore, General (Photo by Andrew Dunn)

The foremost sculptor of the middle 20th century

Henry Moore (1898-1986) saw himself as a sort of reincarnation of Michelangelo, mining his marbles from the same quarries and letting the stone itself dictate the final, flowing, abstract, surrealistic figures carved from it.

The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, where he studied, preserves drawings and sculpture, as do the following:

  • Tate Modern, London
  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
  • Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Clare College, Cambridge

Selected works by Henry Moore in England


Maquette for Family Group (1943) by Henry Moore in the Tate Britain, London

Reclining Figure (1951) by Henry Moore in the Tate Britain, London

Reclining Figure (1951) by Henry Moore in the Kenwood House, London

Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 (1963-64) by Henry Moore in the Kenwood House, London

Where to find works by Henry Moore in England