Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
British sculptor, one of the most important figures in the development of abstract art in Britain. She was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the daughter of a civil engineer, and won scholarships to Leeds School of Art, 1919–21, and the Royal College of Art, 1921–24. Henry Moore was among her fellow students at both places and became a lifelong friend. In 1924 she came second to John Skeaping in the competition for the Prix de Rome, but she obtained a travelling scholarship and spent the years 1924–5 in Italy, marrying Skeaping in Rome in 1925 (they were divorced in 1933).
Text source: A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (Oxford University Press)
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London Art Fair
Business Design Centre, N1 0QH 17 - 21 Jan 2024 Art FairFor the London Art Fair, Piano Nobile exhibited a range of works by leading twentieth-century British artists. Highlights included Augustus John, Barbara Hepworth, Frank Auerbach, R.B. Kitaj, Eduardo Paolozzi, Craigie...Read more -
London Art Week
Winter 2021 3 - 11 Dec 2021 OnlineFor London Art Week Winter 2021, Piano Nobile presented an online display of paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Featured artists included Walter Sickert, Barbara Hepworth, William Turnbull, Grayson Perry...Read more -
Masterpiece
Online Viewing Room 23 - 27 Jun 2021Piano Nobile is pleased to be participating in Masterpiece Online 2021. A selection of outstanding work by twentieth-century British artists will be highlighted, including paintings, sculpture and drawings by Leon...Read more -
Defining British Art
1910 - 2000 17 May - 23 Jul 2021Piano Nobile is pleased to present ninety years of British art. This exhibition reviews the major creative outbursts in twentieth-century Britain, with paintings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles made by four...Read more -
Ben Nicholson
Distant Planes 1955-1979 15 Oct 2020 - 16 Apr 2021 Piano NobileBen Nicholson was one of the great British modernists of the twentieth century. This exhibition, curated with Dr Lee Beard, explores Nicholson’s years in Switzerland: a period of creative outpouring...Read more
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InSight No. 140
Barbara Hepworth | Preparation December 21, 2023InSight considers a poignant work of angelic humanist art by a titan of the modernist movement in Britain—Barbara Hepworth. InSight No. 140 Barbara Hepworth |...Read more -
Museum Belvédère's Living the Landscape exhibition to include Piano Nobile loans
Oranjewoud, Holland June 20, 2022Piano Nobile are delighted to have loaned several works to Museum Belvédère's Living the Landscape exhibition. Focusing on the work of Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth...Read more -
InSight No. 96
Barbara Hepworth | Two Forms February 2, 2022To Barbara Hepworth, the act of carving by hand was highly significant. After giving birth to triplets in October 1934, she continued carving and discovered...Read more -
InSight No. 76
Barbara Hepworth | Reclining Figures July 7, 2021Over the next two weeks, InSight presents two works by one of the great sculptors of the twentieth century: Barbara Hepworth. Barbara Hepworth Reclining...Read more -
InSight No. 12
Barbara Hepworth | Disc with Strings (Moon) May 13, 2020At 4.20 a.m. this morning, the tide in St Ives harbour reached its low point. A resident of the town from 1939 until her death...Read more