Henry Moore in Miniature shows the brutal influence of wartime on the sculptor’s work
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This exhibition displays more than 60 of Moore’s maquettes – small models created to plan a larger piece of sculpture.
Key Points:
- This exhibition displays more than 60 of Moore’s maquettes – small models created to plan a larger piece of sculpture.
- Later in his career, as Europe descended into yet another war, Moore completed Three Points (1939-1940), made from cast iron.
- The sculpture has surrealist characteristics and although Moore never saw himself as part of the surrealist movement, he was excited by its impact on contemporary art.
- The start of the second world war left Moore questioning his role in the impending conflict.
- Sir Kenneth Clarke, then-director of the National Gallery (1934-1945) and a lifelong supporter of Moore, appointed him as a war artist.
- It’s thought Moore made a series of maquettes as a way of recalling these intimate scenes of survival.