Hepworth's Family of Man in bronze, 1970, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10, 1903 – May 20, 1975, christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British sculptor and artist of the twentieth century. Although not as renowned, she is generally considered as great a sculptor as her contemporary and friend Henry Moore. Barbara Hepworth sculpture Family Of Man, 1970, Bronze Currently display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 2004. ... Barbara Hepworth sculpture Family Of Man, 1970, Bronze Currently display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 2004. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Dame is the female equivalent of address to Sir for a British knighthood. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Infant baptism (also called paedobaptism and pedobaptism), the baptism of the infant children of believers, is an ancient custom of much of Christianity, including the Roman Catholic church, the Orthodox churches, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Methodists, to name a few. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional object, which for the purposes of this article is man-made and selected for special recognition as art. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Reclining Figure (1951) outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ...

Hepworth was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, attended Wakefield Girls High School, and studied at the Leeds School of Art (where she met Moore) and the Royal College of Art. She later studied for a period in Italy. Wakefield The Town Hall, Wood St. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Wakefield Girls High School (WGHS) is a public (private and expensive) school in Wakefield, England. ... Leeds College of Art and Design is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds in northern England. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ...

One of her most prestigious works is Dag Hammarskjöld, at the United Nations building in New York City. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( ) (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ...

Hepworth married the sculptor John Skeaping before becoming the painter Ben Nicholson's second wife in 1938. They divorced in 1951. John Skeaping (1901-1980) was an English sculptor. ... Ben Nicholson (April 10, 1894 - February 6, 1982), British abstract painter, was born in Denham, Buckinghamshire. ...

She was made a Dame in 1965, ten years before her death during a fire in her St Ives studio in Cornwall, aged seventy-two. The studio and her home now form the Barbara Hepworth Museum. St Ives harbour and the local rescue lifeboat. ... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall preserves the 20th century sculptors house and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there. ...

As well as at the Barbara Hepworth Museum, more of Hepworth's work will be on display at The Hepworth, a museum currently under construction in Wakefield. An opening in 2009 is anticipated. Her work may also be seen at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, West Yorkshire; Churchill College and New Hall, Cambridge; and on view in or attached to the John Lewis department store, Oxford Street (see picture); and Kenwood House, both in London. Her 1966 work "Construction (Crucifixion): Homage to Mondrian" can be seen in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral next to the Pilgrims' School. St Catherines College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Categories: Stub ... West Bretton is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield. ... Full name Churchill College Motto Forward Named after Sir Winston Churchill Previous names - Established 1960 Sister College(s) Trinity College Master Sir John Boyd Location Storeys Way Undergraduates 440 Postgraduates 210 Homepage Boatclub Churchill College Main Entrance Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of... Full name New Hall Motto - Named after - Previous names - Established 1954 Sister College St Annes College President Anne Lonsdale Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 377 Graduates 74 Homepage Boatclub New Hall is a womens college in the University of Cambridge. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... One of John Lewis flagship branches in Glasgows Buchanan Galleries mall The John Lewis Partnership is a major United Kingdom retailer, operating department stores and, through its Waitrose subsidiary, upmarket supermarkets. ... Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street in 1875, looking west from the junction with Duke Street. ... Kenwood House Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home in Hampstead Heath in London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with...

Selected works

Monolith-Empyrean, 1953 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 1883 KB) Description: Barbara Hepworth Monolyth-Empyrean 1953 in Gardens of Kenwood House, London Photographer: User:Justinc File links The following pages link to this file: Kenwood House Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...	Oval form, 1966 Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 339 KB) Barbara Hepworth, Oval form with strings and color, Moma File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barbara Hepworth ...	Sphere with Inner Form (1963) at Trewyn Garden, St Ives, Cornwall. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (819x1024, 446 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barbara Hepworth Barbara Hepworth Museum List of sculpture parks Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... St Ives harbour and the local rescue lifeboat. ...	Four Square Walk through, 1966 Image File history File links 800px-Churchill_College,_Hepworth. ...
Construction (Crucifixion): Homage to Mondrian, outside Winchester Cathedral Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 3176 KB) Suzanne Knights, my photo, xmas 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close View along the nave of Winchester Cathedral to the west door A plan published in 1911 View of Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, said to be the second longest, and with...	Explanation of Construction (Crucifixion): Homage to Mondrian Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 3127 KB) Suzanne Knights, my photo, xmas 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	"Achaean" ca. 1963, at St. Catherine's College, Oxford Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 1. ... St Catherines College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

List of selected works

Winged Figure, 1963, on the side of the John Lewis department store, Oxford Street, London.

Sphere with Inner Form (1963) at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x3840, 2954 KB) Barbara Hepworth sculpture, Winged Figure, 1963, on wall of John Lewis department stire London Photographer: User:Justinc File links The following pages link to this file: Barbara Hepworth Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x3840, 2954 KB) Barbara Hepworth sculpture, Winged Figure, 1963, on wall of John Lewis department stire London Photographer: User:Justinc File links The following pages link to this file: Barbara Hepworth Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... One of John Lewis flagship branches in Glasgows Buchanan Galleries mall The John Lewis Partnership is a major United Kingdom retailer, operating department stores and, through its Waitrose subsidiary, upmarket supermarkets. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 684 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barbara Hepworth Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 684 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Barbara Hepworth Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... St. ... Otterlo or Otterloo (mun. ... Parian marble is a fine-grained semitranslucent pure-white marble quarried during the classical era on the Greek island of Paros. ... Lignum vitae is the heartwood of species of the genus Guaiacum, the trees of which are usually called guayacan. ... A modern uplighter lamp made completely from Italian alabaster (white and brown types). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An example of Mahogany The name mahogany is used when referring to numerous varieties of dark-colored wood, originally the wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, sometimes referred to as Spanish or Cuban Mahogany. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Paperboard is a paper-like material, usually over ten mils (0. ... Ancaster stone is Middle Jurassic oolitic limestone, quarried around Ancaster, Lincolnshire, UK. There are two forms, the rag and the freestone. ... Species Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis Teak (Tectona), also called jati, is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. ... Species See text Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. ... This is a list of all the towns and villages in the county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Skala viewed from the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos, one of the UN World Heritage Sites. ... Aerial photo of Porthcurno Beach showing the Minack Theatre in the cliff face and Green Bay In the 19th Century Porthcurno was connected to the rest of the World by telegraph cables. ... Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ...

References

• Penelope Curtis, Barbara Hepworth. Tate Publishing, ISBN 1-85437-225-4.
• Barbara Hepworth, Hepworth, Barbara: A Pictorial Autobiography. Tate Publishing, ISBN 1-85437-149-5.

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