Barbara Hepworth

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Barbara Hepworth was a pioneering British modernist sculptor renowned for her abstract, organic forms and innovative use of pierced and carved stone and wood.

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Barbara Hepworth canonical 10
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British artist
human
modernist artist
sculptor
associatedWith Ben Nicholson
Constructivism
Henry Moore
Naum Gabo
awardReceived Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
causeOfDeath house fire
child John Skeaping
surface form: Paul Skeaping

Rachel Nicholson
Sarah Hepworth
Simon Nicholson
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1903-01-10
dateOfDeath 1975-05-20
educatedAt Leeds Arts University
surface form: Leeds School of Art

Royal College of Art (Kensington campus)
surface form: Royal College of Art, London
familyName The Hepworth Wakefield
surface form: Hepworth
fieldOfWork public art
sculpture
fullName Barbara Hepworth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth
genre abstract sculpture
givenName Barbara
hasWorkInCollection Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
surface form: Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St Ives

Tate
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
honorificPrefix Dame
influenced British abstract sculpture
post-war modernist sculpture
influencedBy Constantin Brâncuși
Henry Moore
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf St Ives School
movement Abstract art
Modern sculpture
Modernism
notableFor abstract sculpture
direct carving technique
organic forms in stone and wood
pierced forms in sculpture
notableWork Contrapuntal Forms
Figure for Landscape
Meridian
Oval Form (Trezion)
Pelagos
Single Form
Squares with Two Circles
The Family of Man
Winged Figure
occupation artist
sculptor
placeOfBirth Wakefield
surface form: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
placeOfDeath St Ives
surface form: St Ives, Cornwall, England
receivedScholarship Leeds Arts University
surface form: West Riding Scholarship to Leeds School of Art

scholarship to Royal College of Art
residence Hampstead
surface form: Hampstead, London

St Ives
surface form: St Ives, Cornwall
sexOrGender female
spouse Ben Nicholson
John Skeaping
subjectOf Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
Giacometti (Tate retrospective exhibitions)
surface form: retrospective exhibitions at Tate
usedMaterial bronze
marble
stone
wood
usedTechnique direct carving
piercing of sculptural forms
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Paris
St Ives
surface form: St Ives, Cornwall

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Henry Moore influenced Barbara Hepworth
The Hepworth Wakefield namedAfter Barbara Hepworth
The Hepworth Wakefield dedicatedTo Barbara Hepworth
The Hepworth Wakefield hasExhibitedArtist Barbara Hepworth
Yorkshire Sculpture Park exhibitsWorkBy Barbara Hepworth
National Museum of Western Art hasWorkBy Barbara Hepworth
Harlow, Essex, England hasPublicArtBy Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth fullName Barbara Hepworth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth
Ben Nicholson spouse Barbara Hepworth
Ben Nicholson associatedWith Barbara Hepworth