Barbara Hepworth
10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975
Dame Barbara Hepworth was an English artist and sculptor, one of the leading figures of twentieth-century abstract art. She is known for her pierced, organic carvings in stone, wood, and bronze, and for her long association with the artists' colony at St Ives in Cornwall. She helped pioneer the direct-carving method and the introduction of the hole into modern sculpture.
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Life events
Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London alongside Henry Moore.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHepworth married the painter Ben Nicholson, with whom she developed her abstract work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe relocated to St Ives, which became the center of her life and work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHepworth received major international recognition with a prize at the São Paulo Bienal.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe created the monumental bronze 'Single Form' as a memorial to Dag Hammarskjöld at UN headquarters in New York.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHepworth was made a Dame in recognition of her contribution to the arts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHepworth died in a fire at her Trewyn Studio in St Ives.
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