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      Henry Moore, 1898 – 1986

      Henry Moore: The 100 Best-Known Paintings

      Of all Henry Moore's paintings, Reclining Figure is the most famous; it hangs in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. Close behind come Falling Warrior (1957) and Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47). Among the 492 works by Henry Moore in our catalogue, these 100 are the most celebrated, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.

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      Portræt af Henry Moore
      Henry Moore · 1898 – 1986
      Født · død
      1898 – 1986, Castleford
      Bevægelse
      Modernism
      Værker i vores katalog
      492
      Mest kendte
      Reclining Figure
      Flest værker hos
      Tate Britain

      Henry Moore's 10 most celebrated paintings

      Reclining Figure af Henry Moore
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      Reclining Figure

      Wood · Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

      Form and Materiality This elmwood carving presents an abstracted human form through sinuous lines and organic voids. The sculpture utilizes the wide grain of the wood to emphasize its undulating limbs and torso. Holes are integrated into the composition, allowing light and space to penetrate the solid mass. These openings create a relationship between the internal volume and the surrounding environment. Compositional Elements The figure features a looped head and…

      Falling Warrior (1957) af Henry Moore
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      Falling Warrior

      1957 · Bronze · National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool

      In the quiet halls of Tate Britain, there exists a moment of profound stillness captured in bronze—a masterpiece that breathes with the weight of history and the lightness of spirit. Henry Moore’s “Falling Warrior,” created between 1956 and 1957, is far more than a mere sculpture; it is a meditation on the very nature of existence. As one approaches this monumental work, the eye is immediately drawn to the fluid,…

      Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47) af Henry Moore
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      Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47)

      Painting

      In the vast landscape of twentieth-century modernism, few names resonate with as much tactile power and organic grace as Henry Moore. While the world often recognizes him through his monumental bronze figures that command public squares across the globe, his foray into the two-dimensional realm offers a uniquely intimate window into his creative psyche. Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47) stands as a breathtaking testament to this versatility, a painting that does…

      Sheep 1 af Henry Moore
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      Sheep 1

      Oil

      In the quiet, evocative lines of Sheep 1, we encounter a profound moment of connection between the viewer and the natural world. This striking black and white drawing by the legendary British master Henry Moore transcends simple animal portraiture to become an exploration of form, texture, and presence. The subject—a sheep with a thick, tactile wool coat—is rendered not merely as livestock, but as a sculptural entity. With its prominent…

      A Miner at Work (1942) af Henry Moore
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      A Miner at Work

      1942 · Sculpture · Imperial War Museums, London

      In the heavy, shadowed atmosphere of 1942, amidst the profound uncertainties of the Second World War, Henry Moore captured a moment of quiet, monumental strength in "A Miner at Work." This piece serves as much more than a mere depiction of industrial labor; it is a profound meditation on the human spirit under pressure. The artwork presents a solitary figure, a miner seated at the coal face, rendered through Moore’s…

      Figure in a Shelter (1983) af Henry Moore
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      Figure in a Shelter

      1983 · Sculpture Bronze · Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

      Henry Moore (1898-1986), a titan of twentieth-century sculpture, remains an artist whose work continues to resonate with audiences worldwide. His unwavering fascination with the human form—particularly its reclining postures—coupled with his exploration of organic shapes derived from nature—like pebbles and seashells—established him as a pioneer of abstract expressionism while simultaneously grounding his art in palpable physicality.

      The Artist's Hand V (1979) af Henry Moore
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      The Artist's Hand V

      1979 · Lithograph · Tate Britain, London

      In the quiet intimacy of Henry Moore’s “The Artist's Hand V,” created in 1979, we are invited into a profound dialogue between the creator and his medium. This exquisite lithograph serves as more than a mere anatomical study; it is a soulful meditation on the very act of making. Through the outstretched gesture of Moore’s own hand, the artwork captures a moment of suspended animation, where the boundary between the…

      Reclining Figure. Points af Henry Moore
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      Reclining Figure. Points

      Bronze

      Udforskning af Organisk Abstraktion: Henry Moores “Reclining Figure. Points” Henry Moore’s ikoniske skulptur "Reclining Figure. Points" repræsenterer et højdepunkt inden for britisk kunst i det 20. århundrede og udtrykker principperne om organisk abstraktion samt fanger en tidløs refleksion over menneskelig form mod baggrunden af naturlige landskaber. Skulpturen blev skabt omkring år 1967-1968 og er et mesterværk af Moores unikke tilgang til skulptur – en bevidst afvigelse fra repræsentationsrealisme mod udforskning…

      Hands I (1973) af Henry Moore
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      Hands I

      1973 · Lithograph · Tate Britain, London

      Henry Moore's 'Hands I,' created in 1973, is more than just a lithograph depicting two hands clasped together; it’s a profound meditation on connection, vulnerability, and the enduring human need for touch. Born in Castleford, Yorkshire, in 1898, Henry Spencer Moore rose to international prominence as a sculptor, yet his exploration of form extended into printmaking with remarkable sensitivity. This particular work, rendered in stark black and white, captures an…

      Henry Moore paintings ranked 11 to 100

      Liggende figur; Åben pose af Henry Moore
      #11

      Liggende figur; Åben pose

      Henry Moore og Reclining Figure; Open Pose – En Revolutionerende Form Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) var en britisk skulptør, hvis kunst prægede det 20. århundrede og efterlod sig…

      Two Piece Sculpture No. 7; Pipe af Henry Moore
      #14

      Two Piece Sculpture No. 7; Pipe

      A Dance of Forms: Exploring Henry Moore’s ‘Two Piece Sculpture No. 7; Pipe’ This captivating bronze sculpture by Henry Moore exemplifies his mastery of abstract figurative form and…

      Pige siddende ved skrivebordet; og siddende figur af Henry Moore
      #16

      Pige siddende ved skrivebordet; og siddende figur

      Henry Moore og ’Seated Girl’: En Kontemplativ Elegance i Sten Henry Moore (1898-1986) var en britisk skulptör som revolutionerade modern konst och etablerade sig som en av världens…

      Catspaws off the Land (1885) af Henry Moore
      #18

      Catspaws off the Land

      1885 · Tate Britain

      To gaze upon Catspaws off the Land is to be gently swept away by the vast, breathing expanse of the sea meeting the steadfast embrace of the shore.…

      What Henry Moore painted most

      The four subjects that return most often on these canvases, each with its best-loved example.

      Where Henry Moore's canvases hang

      De 8 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.

      Museum By Værker af Henry Moore Malerier fra denne liste
      Tate Britain, LondonTate Britain London 3 The Artist's Hand V, Hands I, Catspaws off the Land
      National Maritime Museum, LondonNational Maritime Museum London 2 Setting Nets on the Coast of North Wales, Hove-to for a Pilot
      Detroit Institute of Arts, DetroitDetroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1 Reclining Figure
      National Museums Liverpool, LiverpoolNational Museums Liverpool Liverpool 1 Falling Warrior
      Imperial War Museums, LondonImperial War Museums London 1 A Miner at Work
      Kimbell Art Museum, Fort WorthKimbell Art Museum Fort Worth 1 Figure in a Shelter
      Zaragoza Museum, SaragossaZaragoza Museum Saragossa 1 Portrait of Isabel de Cistué y Nieto (Retrato de Dª Isabel de Cistué y Nieto)
      Finnish National Gallery, HelsinkiFinnish National Gallery Helsinki 1 Family Group

      Decade by decade: Henry Moore's most celebrated canvas

      1. 1940s
        A Miner at Work (1942) af Henry Moore
        Canvas 5 of 100

        A Miner at Work

        Alder 42 – 51 · Imperial War Museums

        In the heavy, shadowed atmosphere of 1942, amidst the profound uncertainties of the Second World War, Henry Moore captured a moment of quiet, monumental strength in "A Miner…

      2. 1950s
        Falling Warrior (1957) af Henry Moore
        Canvas 2 of 100

        Falling Warrior

        Alder 52 – 61 · National Museums Liverpool

        In the quiet halls of Tate Britain, there exists a moment of profound stillness captured in bronze—a masterpiece that breathes with the weight of history and the lightness…

      3. 1970s
        The Artist's Hand V (1979) af Henry Moore
        8 of 100

        The Artist's Hand V

        Alder 72 – 81 · Tate Britain

        In the quiet intimacy of Henry Moore’s “The Artist's Hand V,” created in 1979, we are invited into a profound dialogue between the creator and his medium. This…

      4. 1980s
        Figure in a Shelter (1983) af Henry Moore
        Canvas 7 of 100

        Figure in a Shelter

        Alder 82 – 88 · Kimbell Art Museum

        Henry Moore (1898-1986), a titan of twentieth-century sculpture, remains an artist whose work continues to resonate with audiences worldwide. His unwavering fascination with the human form—particularly its reclining…

      Your questions on Henry Moore's paintings, answered

      Which is the most celebrated painting by Henry Moore?Read the answer

      Reclining Figure, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. Falling Warrior (1957) and Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47) follow.

      Which ten paintings is Henry Moore most famous for?Read the answer

      Reclining Figure, Falling Warrior, Sculptural Objects (Cramer 47), Sheep 1, A Miner at Work, Sidende figur på kvadratiske trin, Figure in a Shelter, The Artist's Hand V, Reclining Figure. Points og Hands I. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.

      How many paintings by Henry Moore are known?Read the answer

      492 works by Henry Moore are in our catalogue, dated 1942 to 1983.

      Which museums hold Henry Moore's best-known canvases?Read the answer

      Mostly in Tate Britain (London), National Maritime Museum (London) og Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit); the list above names each museum and its canvases.

      In which years did Henry Moore paint the most celebrated canvases?Read the answer

      In 1970s, which gave 2 of the 100 works on this page, The Artist's Hand V among them.

      What are the first and the last of Henry Moore's famous canvases?Read the answer

      The earliest canvas here is A Miner at Work (1942); the latest is Figure in a Shelter (1983).

      Which subjects return most often in Henry Moore's paintings?Read the answer

      Scenes (22), Children (15) og Mothers (15), across the 100 works on this page.

      What did Henry Moore usually paint with?Read the answer

      Bronze, used in 3 of the 100 works on this page.

      To which art movement does Henry Moore belong?Read the answer

      Modernism, as the canvases on this page show.

      What can I see by Henry Moore at the Tate Britain?Read the answer

      The Tate Britain, London holds 3 of the works on this page, among them The Artist's Hand V, Hands I og Catspaws off the Land.

      Henry Moore: the painter's story

      Henry Moore: En Skulptørs Liv Formet af Former

      Henry Spencer Moore, født i den Yorkshireanske mineby Castleford i 1898, blev en af det 20. århundredes mest betydningsfulde og internationalt anerkendte skulptører. Hans rejse fra ydmyge begyndelser til global berømmelse er et vidnesbyrd om hans urokkelige dedikation til kunstnerisk udforskning og hans dybe forbindelse til den menneskelige form og den naturlige verden. Henrys far, en autodidakt med en passion for læring, indlod ham i troen på magten af uddannelse, og ledte ham væk fra livet som minerarbejder mod formel skolegang. Selv som ung dreng demonstrerede Moore en iboende talent for at modellere ler og udskære træ, hvilket var et forvarsel om den vej, hans liv ville tage. Denne tidlige involvering med taktile materialer lagde grundlaget for en karriere defineret af tredimensionelle former. Hans oplevelser vokset op i det rolige landskab omkring Yorkshire havde en dyb indflydelse på hans æstetiske sansning, og gav hans arbejde en følelse af organisk flydende bevægelse, der afspejler landskabets oprindelige karakter.

      Tidlige Indflydelser og Kunstnerisk Udvikling

      Moores kunstneriske uddannelse begyndte på Castleford Secondary School, hvor hans lærer genkendte og plejede hans talent. Han fortsatte senere til Leeds School of Art og derefter Royal College of Art i London, hvor han dykkede ned i studiet af klassisk skulptur og moderne bevægelser som Kubisme. Men Moore var ikke blot en følger af trends; han syntetiserede disse indflydelser til noget unikt. Et vendepunkt kom under et besøg i Mexico i 1925, hvor han stødte på pre-columbianske skulpturer – især dem fra aztekernes civilisation. De kraftfulde og simple former i disse værker resonerede dybt med Moore, og befriede ham fra konventionelle repræsentationsrestriktioner. Han begyndte at udforske abstraktion mere fuldt ud, med fokus på den menneskelige figur som en inspirationskilde, men bevægede sig væk fra streng anatomisk nøjagtighed. Denne periode så udviklingen af hans signaturstil: halvt abstrakte skulpturer karakteriseret ved runde, organiske former og ofte med åbninger eller huler, der legede med lys og rum.

      Den Liggende Figur og Moder og Barn

      Gennem hele sin karriere dominerede to tilbagevendende motiver Moores oeuvre: den liggende figur og moder og barn. *Den liggende figur* i særdeleshed blev synonym med hans navn. Disse skulpturer er ikke blot billeder af den menneskelige krop i hvile; de er udforskninger af form, volumen og forholdet mellem figuren og dens omgivelser. Deres bølgende kurver fremkalder en følelse af tidløshed og ro, mens deres ofte fragmenterede eller huller antyder sårbarhed og modstandskraft. *Moderen og barnet* temaet, lige så fremtrædende i hans arbejde, taler om universelle temaer som kærlighed, beskyttelse og opfostring. Moores billeder af mødre og børn er fyldt med en dyb følelsesmæssig intensitet, der fanger det intime bånd mellem mor og barn. Disse skulpturer var ikke idealiserede repræsentationer, men ærlige portrætter af menneskelig forbindelse, ofte afspejler de bekymringerne og usikkerhederne i den tid, de blev skabt.

      Tidevand og Offentlige Kommissioner

      Første verdenskrig brød ud i 1914. I 1917 meldte Moore sig til tjeneste i Civil Service Rifles, og efter en kort periode af træning blev han sendt til fronten i Frankrig. Efter krigen genoptog Moore sin kunstneriske uddannelse på Leeds School of Art. I 1930'erne var Moore medlem af Unit One, en gruppe avantgarde kunstnere ledet af Paul Nash, og var tæt ven med Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson og kritikeren Herbert Read. Fra 1932 til 1939 underviste han på Chelsea School of Art. Han blev en vigtig kraft i det engelske surrealistiske bevægelse, selvom han ikke fuldt ud var forpligtet til dens doktriner. I 1940 blev Moore udnævnt som krigsartist og fik opdrag fra War Artists Advisory Committee til at lave tegninger af livet i underjordiske bunker. Fra 1940 til 1943 koncentrerede kunstneren næsten udelukkende om at tegne. Hans første retrospektive udstilling fandt sted på Temple Newsam, Leeds, i 1941. I 1943 modtog han en ordre fra Church of St. Matthew, Northampton, til at skulptere en Madonna og Barn; denne skulptur var den første i en vigtig række af familiegruppesculpter. Moore fik sin første store retrospektive udstilling i udlandet af Museum of Modern Art, New York, i 1946. I 1972 modtog han den tyske orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste.

      Et Arv af Form og Rum

      Henry Moores indflydelse på det 20. århundredes kunst er uomtvistelig. Han banede vejen for efterfølgende generationer af skulptører, udfordrede konventionelle opfattelser af form og rum og demonstrerede kraften i abstraktion. Hans arbejde resonerer stadig med publikum i dag, inspirerer til undren og refleksion. I 1978 etablerede Moore Henry Moore Foundation, der sikrede at hans arv ville bestå gennem uddannelse og fremme af kunsten. Stiftelsen støtter kunstnere, forskere og institutioner over hele verden, der fremmer kreativitet og kunstnerisk innovation. Hans skulpturer står som varige monumenter over menneskelig opfindsomhed og et vidnesbyrd om kunstens transformative kraft.
      • Nøgletemaer: Menneskelig form, abstraktion, mor og barn, liggende figurer, landskab.
      • Vigtigste indflydelser: Klassisk skulptur, Kubisme, præ-columbiansk kunst, det Yorkshirenske landskab.
      • Bemærkelsesværdige værker: *Liggende figur: 1951*, *Familiegruppe*, *Shelter Tegninger*.

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