Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Henry Moore: Shelter and Coal Mining Drawings, Zeichnungen aus den Jahren 1939-1942. (Drawings from the years 1939-1942).
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British Council and Henry Moore Foundation exhibition of 102 Drawings 1939-1942 and four Bronzes 1939-1946.
5 MOORE Henry. Letter.
(27 Oct 1983 noting his pleasure at the exhibition in four cities in the G.D.R. of drawings produced in the war).
7-9 GEISMEIER Willi. Zum Geleit.
(Introduction. Incorporates published statements by Moore in outlining his influences, sculptural form, the human figure, nature, drawing, abstraction).
10-16 ANDREWS Julian. Henry Moore und das War Artists' Advisory Committee.
(Describes the Shelter and Coal Mining Sketch Books and the larger drawings. Outlines Moore's position in relation to the W.A.A.C. and quotes Moore's description of his chance discovery of shelterers when forced to take refuge in Belsize Park station. The workings of the Committee, the methods used by artists and the exhibition programme are given in some detail. Moore began to lose interest in the shelters as they became more organised. The offer of a commission to record work at Medical Aid Posts did not come to fruition; instead Moore carried out a series of drawings of coal miners by going down a pit in his home town of Castleford. Moore's views on the physical effort and the concentration on drawing male figures follows, together with the contrasts of light and darkness. A final commission on Objects Dropped from the Air was not completed, but Moore maintained his connections with the authorities).
17-20 GARROULD Ann. Henry Moore: eine persönliche Reminiszenz.
(Henry Moore: a personal reminiscence. Describes the daily routine of the Moore's living in Kent at the outbreak of the war. Moore was too old to enlist and when Kent was declared a restricted area, they moved to Hampstead, where Moore experienced the scenes in the underground. When their Hampstead flat was seriously damaged in an air rai d they bought Hoglands from where Moore travelled into town to continue his work as a war artist. Ann Garrould recalls childhood memories of lending her wax crayons to her uncle. These provided the base of his techniques in the underground drawings. Moore worked on the Coal Mine drawings and, at the end of the war, on the Northampton Madonna and Child commission).
21-35 Bildtafeln. (Colour plates).
36-42 Biografie.
43-78 Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke (Index of exhibited works).
Bib. Number0000721
Henry Moore: Shelter and Coal Mining Drawings, Zeichnungen aus den Jahren 1939-1942. (Drawings from the years 1939-1942).
Place PublishedBerlin
Year1984
Date & Collation.80pp(125 illus).Biog.Text in German.
LanguageGerman
More InformationExhibition also at Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig; Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.British Council and Henry Moore Foundation exhibition of 102 Drawings 1939-1942 and four Bronzes 1939-1946.
5 MOORE Henry. Letter.
(27 Oct 1983 noting his pleasure at the exhibition in four cities in the G.D.R. of drawings produced in the war).
7-9 GEISMEIER Willi. Zum Geleit.
(Introduction. Incorporates published statements by Moore in outlining his influences, sculptural form, the human figure, nature, drawing, abstraction).
10-16 ANDREWS Julian. Henry Moore und das War Artists' Advisory Committee.
(Describes the Shelter and Coal Mining Sketch Books and the larger drawings. Outlines Moore's position in relation to the W.A.A.C. and quotes Moore's description of his chance discovery of shelterers when forced to take refuge in Belsize Park station. The workings of the Committee, the methods used by artists and the exhibition programme are given in some detail. Moore began to lose interest in the shelters as they became more organised. The offer of a commission to record work at Medical Aid Posts did not come to fruition; instead Moore carried out a series of drawings of coal miners by going down a pit in his home town of Castleford. Moore's views on the physical effort and the concentration on drawing male figures follows, together with the contrasts of light and darkness. A final commission on Objects Dropped from the Air was not completed, but Moore maintained his connections with the authorities).
17-20 GARROULD Ann. Henry Moore: eine persönliche Reminiszenz.
(Henry Moore: a personal reminiscence. Describes the daily routine of the Moore's living in Kent at the outbreak of the war. Moore was too old to enlist and when Kent was declared a restricted area, they moved to Hampstead, where Moore experienced the scenes in the underground. When their Hampstead flat was seriously damaged in an air rai d they bought Hoglands from where Moore travelled into town to continue his work as a war artist. Ann Garrould recalls childhood memories of lending her wax crayons to her uncle. These provided the base of his techniques in the underground drawings. Moore worked on the Coal Mine drawings and, at the end of the war, on the Northampton Madonna and Child commission).
21-35 Bildtafeln. (Colour plates).
36-42 Biografie.
43-78 Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke (Index of exhibited works).