Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
England and Moore: Lord Houghton, Bernard Meadows.
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20 minute interview with Bernard MEADOWS on working as Moore's assistant 1936-1940 in Canterbury. "He was quite Left-Wing at the time...His work went along in spite of outside influences...Picasso had a tremendous influence...It was an incredibly inventive period in his work..." Kenneth Clark.
Continued on 0014185 also 0014186 and 0014200."
Bib. Number0014184
England and Moore: Lord Houghton, Bernard Meadows.
PublisherICA TV
Place PublishedLondon
Year1988
Date & Collation85mins.Sound recording and film reels 4,5,6,7. HMF audio number A132
LanguageEnglish
More Information65mins unedited interview with Lord HOUGHTON made on 16 February 1988 for 0011194. Inscribed Rolls 4 & 5, 6 & 7. Describes meeting Moore in 1917 on train to London to enlist, in Civil Service Rifles. Bayonet training at Winchester in C Company in February 1917 (We thought it was good fun at the time...We hadn't got the anxieties of older men") and the horrors of active service by September 1917 ("Lifeless bodies that are lying with distorted features probably partly dismembered all covered in mud and slime...The biggest crime in history...We lost a generation"). Convalescent camp at Shoreham-by-Sea preliminary training at Mill Hill School to qualify as physical training instructors at Aldershot. Lord Houghton in Labour Government 1964-1970 avoids or rejects questions that Moore's works depict horrors of World War 1 or the failure of the Labour movement.20 minute interview with Bernard MEADOWS on working as Moore's assistant 1936-1940 in Canterbury. "He was quite Left-Wing at the time...His work went along in spite of outside influences...Picasso had a tremendous influence...It was an incredibly inventive period in his work..." Kenneth Clark.
Continued on 0014185 also 0014186 and 0014200."