Before World War II Moore’s works were widely exhibited in his home country, in the 1940s he also started to gain international success. Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Moore developed his own unique language of form.īorn in 1898 and originally from West Yorkshire, Moore studied at both the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in the 1920s. For his works on paper, Moore received important stimuli from so-called primitive art from Africa, the South Seas and Egypt, but at the same time from contemporaries such as Picasso and Giacometti. Overlooked sometimes, are his fascinating drawings, often inspired by poetry and mythology. Moore’s large-sized abstract sculptures can be encountered in numerous international public places (like Reclining Figure, 1956–58, UNESCO, Paris).
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Matthew, Northampton this sculpture was the first in an important series of family-group sculptures. For him, creating his sculptures was not so much an abstract exercize in looking at the human figure, but a personal investigation and violation of the artist’s own body: ‘When I carve into the chest,’ he commented, ‘I feel as if I were carving into my own.’ In 1943, Moore was commissioned to carve a Madonna and Child for the Church of St.
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due to removal during restoration treatments, mean that very little evidence of these finishing layers remains and their significance has therefore largely been forgotten. Ageing processes and losses of original layers, e.g. The intention was not to obscure the surface as with polychrome coatings, but rather to embellish the natural wood prior to varnishing. Veneers and solid woods were treated with transparent varnishes to highlight the grain and enhance the intrinsic colour of the wood, with modifications to tone and wood grain often undertaken before the varnish was applied. Finishing treatments applied to cabinetwork are an important aspect of historical decorative interiors.