The sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903 -1975) was born and educated in Wakefield, although she famously belonged to the St. Ives artistic colony in Cornwall, along with her husband Ben Nicholson. (I was impressed to learn that she continued to work despite having triplets in 1934, as well as a son by a previous marriage!) The Hepworth gallery was built in 2011 to house the City of Wakefield's art collection and provide a legacy for the sculptor. It holds a large collection of her work: sculptures, paintings and sketches; tools and archives, along with many other works by significant British artists of the 20th century, including that other famous Yorkshire-born sculptor Henry Moore.
I particularly liked the bronze cast of Dame Barbara's left hand - her 'thinking hand', as she called it. My eye was also caught by this grouping of larger sculptures (below), in different materials; solid and yet fluid and tactile.
Some of her work marries bronze or stone with intricate stringing or wires. I enjoyed the play of light and shade in them.
I love the Hepworth gallery. X
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing her work! I love sculpture!
ReplyDeleteThe last one particularly draws my attention.
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