Barbara Hepworth was a Yorkshire-born sculptor who trained at Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She became one of the leading figures of abstract sculpture in Britain, working in carved stone and wood and later in bronze, including the Single Form memorial at the United Nations in New York. With Ben Nicholson she moved to St Ives at the start of the Second World War and lived and worked at Trewyn Studio there until her death in a fire in 1975. She was made a Dame in 1965.
Barbara Hepworth
Sculptor; abstract carving and bronze, St Ives
- Born
- 10 January 1903, Wakefield, Yorkshire
- Died
- 20 May 1975, St Ives, Cornwall
- Website
- barbarahepworth.org.uk
Where to see their work
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British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Until 1 November
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Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910-1960, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
Until 21 February 2027
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Autumn Alchemy, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives
Until 28 November
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Still Lives, St Albans Museum + Gallery, St Albans
Opens Friday 23 October
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People Watching, The Lightbox, Woking
Opens Saturday 14 November
Further reading: Wikipedia