Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
2017 Kunstmuseet i Tønder, Henry Moore: at the border to the North
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2017 Kunstmuseet i Tønder, Henry Moore: at the border to the North
29 April 2017 - 03 Dec 2017
Shown alongside works from the Tønder museum collection, this exhibition explores various themes in the work of Henry Moore which can be related to the Northern Art Tradition and the work of artists such as Vilhelm Hammershøi, Asger Jorn, Erik Thommesen, Per Kirkeby, Svend Wiig Hansen, Per Inge Bjørloe, and Ian McKeever. Such themes will include anxiety, landscape, and design. A selection of Henry Moore drawings, sculptures and textiles are on display, from the Foundation’s collection.
14 April 2017 - 18 February 2018
16 December 2022 - 26 August 2023
Exhibition Info: Drawing in the Dark is the largest exhibition to date of Moore’s coalmining drawings, completed in 1942 for the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. When Moore was asked to record the coalminers working to power wartime Britain, he chose to visit the mine his father had worked in, Wheldale Colliery in Castleford, where he spent a week drawing from observation. Subsequently, he worked from memory to create the remaining drawings which were all completed within six months. This fascinating body of work reveals the back-breaking labour endured by nearly 3/4 million miners as they made their vital contribution to Britain's war effort, while also providing new insights into Moore’s life and artistic process.