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Barbara Hepworth by Penelope Curtis
Category: Art | Series: St.Ives Artists S.
One of a series exploring the lives and work of major artists associated with St Ives, this is a study of Barbara Hepworth and her work as a sculptor, which spanned five decades. Her art is discussed in the light of her contemporaries, including Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson, her second husband. Hepwort ...Show more
Barbara Hepworth by Penelope Curtis
Category: Art | Series: British Artists
Barbara Hepworth began her career as a sculptor in London in the late 1920s, and quickly established herself in the vanguard of the modern movement. Caught in St Ives by the outbreak of the war, she went on to spend thirty-six years - exactly half her life - in the town. Hepworth came to value the sense ...Show more
Modern British Sculpture by Penelope Curtis
Category: Art and Design
From Leighton to Lucas, this magnificent survey explores sculpture in Britain over the last 130 years. Considering the way in which sculpture mediates issues of national identity and how Britains links with its Empire have shaped its artistic output, the book also highlights the dialogues between Britis ...Show more
The Human Factor - Uses of the Figure in Contemporary Sculpture by Penelope Curtis
Category: Art
"The Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture" brings together the work of over 25 leading international artists, in whose practice the human form plays a central role. Over the past 25 years, artists have reinvented figurative sculpture by looking to earlier movements in art history as well a ...Show more
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