Abstract Human Figure Carving:

Shape & Form meet Movement7th and 8th Art Classes

Barbara Hepworth

1903-1975English Sculptor“I prefer my work to be shown outside. I think sculpture grows in the open light and with the movement of the sun … space and the sky above, it can expand and breathe.”

Stringed Figure by Barbara Hepworth1956

“Hepworth's sculpture seems more intuitive, more concerned with inner shapes, inner feelings, inner relationships, both human and natural.”

Dame, 1932

Dyad, 1949

Constantin Brancusi1876-1957

Maiastra1912

Endless Column, 1938 ”While never entirely rejecting the natural world, Brancusi undoubtedly succeeds in conveying a sense of gravity by reducing his work to a few basic elements.”

The Newborn, 1918

The Kiss, 1909

Bird in Space, 1923

Henry Moore, 1898-1986

Reclining Figure, 1936

Reclining Figure, 1978

The Shape of Anxiety, 1930

Ideas for Wood Sculpture, 1972

Helmet Heads, 1950—1951