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0014946
Festschrift anlässlich der Ausstellung Henry Moore Mutter und Kind. (Commemorative Lecture on the Occasion of the Henry Moore Mother and Child Exhibition).
Author/Editor: BROWN Hannelore.
Publisher: Kunstkreis Norden
Place Published: Norden
Year: 1992
Date & Collation: .20pp(7 illus).Bibliog.Text in German.
Description: Transcript of lecture at exhibition (See 0014959). Early influences, with descriptions of selected sculptures, and Hannelore Brown's impressions of Moore's importance, seen from a sculptor's point of view. Early 20th century reaction of young sculptors to established trends, influenced by the study of primitive art. Moore's Yorkshire mining background and early education and training. Quotes Roger Fry's Vision and Design. Moore's fascination for Mexican art. Importance of the Mother and Child theme from 1922 onwards. Early criticism of Moore's work. Truth to material. Outlines the influence of contemporary sculptors, Chac-Mool, Surrealism, organic elements, Cycladic art, Picasso. Increasing abstraction, Stringed Figures, Reclining Figures, Helmet Heads, intervention of war. Moore developed a new form of language and was able to communicate this to others. Elaborates Moore's concepts of truth to material, three-dimensionality, natural laws of form, and vision. Bronze casting techniques, asymmetry, nature as a basis for Moore's organic creations, and his exploration of forms.