Artist in society 1948 53 at st albans museum art gallery from 23rd march to 8th september 2019 focuses on a five year period at the mid point of barbara hepworth s career when she began to receive wide recognition and major public commissions. The exhibition barbara hepworth. Hepworth saw something pure and classical in the process of surgery.
They contain visual references to various figures from art history recalling piero della francesca s use of light and rembrandt s the anatomy lesson. Hepworth s sweeping pencil strokes obscure the blood and gore of surgery and instead exalt the work of the anonymous doctors. Though her early works were more explicitly figurative many of hepworth s completely abstract works are recognized as vaguely feminine given their smooth rounded contours.
An early pioneer of abstract sculpture barbara hepworth is best known for her ovoid biomorphic creations carved out of stone. The hepworth wakefield named after the sculptor houses a permanent collection of barbara hepworth works. Artist barbara hepworth one of the most important artists of the 20th century was born in wakefield.
In the same year the artist admitted that occasionally some. Carvings and drawings 1952 pl 66a as one of three drawings from which she evolved the sculpture in beechwood of 1943 the work now known as oval sculpture see tate gallery t00953 william gibson barbara hepworth. Herbert read barbara hepworth.
Along with artists such as ben nicholson and naum gabo hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in st. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence. Her work exemplifies modernism and in particular modern sculpture.
Dame jocelyn barbara hepworth dbe 10 january 1903 20 may 1975 was an english artist and sculptor. Following the hospitalisation of her daughter sarah in 1944 barbara hepworth 1903 1975 created a remarkable series of drawings and paintings illustrating surgeons at work in operating theatres. She evolved her ideas and her work as an influential part of an ongoing conversation with many other important artists of her time working crucially in areas of greater abstraction while creating three dimensional objects.
Barbara hepworth distinguished herself as a world recognized sculptor in a period where female artists were rare.
Drawings barbara hepworth sculptures. Dame jocelyn barbara hepworth dbe 10 january 1903 20 may 1975 was an english artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies modernism and in particular modern sculpture. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence. Along with artists such as ben nicholson and naum gabo hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in st.
Barbara hepworth in full dame jocelyn barbara hepworth born january 10 1903 wakefield yorkshire england died may 20 1975 st. Ives cornwall sculptor whose works were among the earliest abstract sculptures produced in england. Her lyrical forms and feeling for material made her one of the most influential sculptors of the mid 20th. Summary of barbara hepworth.
Summary of barbara hepworth. Her lyrical forms and feeling for material made her one of the most influential sculptors of the mid 20th. Ives cornwall sculptor whose works were among the earliest abstract sculptures produced in england.
Barbara hepworth in full dame jocelyn barbara hepworth born january 10 1903 wakefield yorkshire england died may 20 1975 st. Along with artists such as ben nicholson and naum gabo hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in st. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence.
Her work exemplifies modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Dame jocelyn barbara hepworth dbe 10 january 1903 20 may 1975 was an english artist and sculptor.
