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Barbara Hepworth (The World of Art)
by Abraham Marie Hammacher
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Book Description
Born in Yorkshire in 1903, Barbara Hepworth was determined to become a
sculptor despite the misgivings of her parents and the common attitude
at the time that a woman studying sculpture was not to be taken
seriously. She was part of the generation of British artists that
included Henry Moore (with whom she studied in Leeds) and Ben Nicholson
(whom she married), and her sculpture explored the forms of
life--especially human life--as well as those of mathematics. From the
beginning, her work displayed a monumental power, and after World War II
it received far wider recognition and acclaim. Hepworth later
experimented in new substances such as sheet metal, wire, and bronze,
but her work always maintained its nobility, subtlety, and flawless
rendering of surface. She died in 1975, after a long illness that did
not prevent her from completing the work many consider to be her
masterpiece: The Family of Man. A. M. Hammacher, who knew Barbara
Hepworth for many years, has provided a highly readable, thorough, and
intimate portrait of this great twentieth-century artist.
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