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Barbara Hepworth: Pioneering modern sculpture

Barbara Hepworth: Pioneering modern sculpture

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Excited to share our most recent audio description film, this time featuring Barbara Hepworth's 'Two Forms (Divided Circle)', a work in Barbara Hepworth's leafy Sculpture Garden in St Ives, surrounded by greenery and seagulls. 🍃 Listen to the full in-depth description here: https://bit.ly/3b7eQ24 | Tate

Excited to share our most recent audio description film, this time featuring Barbara Hepworth's 'Two Forms (Divided Circle)', a work in Barbara Hepworth's leafy Sculpture Garden in St Ives, surrounded by greenery and seagulls. 🍃 Listen to the full in-depth description here: https://bit.ly/3b7eQ24 | Tate

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An Introduction to Barbara Hepworth | Tate

An Introduction to Barbara Hepworth | Tate

Take a closer look at Barbara Hepworth's sculpture Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969... Hepworth started working with bronze in the 1950s. It offered possibilities for exploring more open and fluid shapes that were difficult to achieve through carving in wood or stone. An example of this can be seen in her sculpture Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969. Working in bronze also provided Hepworth with the opportunity to produce works on a larger scale that would be suitable for outdoor display, such as

Take a closer look at Barbara Hepworth's sculpture Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969... Hepworth started working with bronze in the 1950s. It offered possibilities for exploring more open and fluid shapes that were difficult to achieve through carving in wood or stone. An example of this can be seen in her sculpture Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969. Working in bronze also provided Hepworth with the opportunity to produce works on a larger scale that would be suitable for outdoor display, such as

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Barbara Hepworth's Sculpture Garden | Tate

Barbara Hepworth's Sculpture Garden | Tate

Happy Artists Day! Watch the unprecedented Barbara Hepworth at work in her home, St Ives in 1953. #BritainOnFilm | BFI

Happy Artists Day! Watch the unprecedented Barbara Hepworth at work in her home, St Ives in 1953. #BritainOnFilm | BFI

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New additions to the 20th century Gallery - two sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, ‘Sleeping Form’ (1971) and ‘Single Form’ (1937) ✨ During the 1930s, Barbara Hepworth began to explore the possibilities of creating abstract sculptural forms. This work had its origins in an earlier series of carved female torsos, but here Hepworth distiled figuratve detal into a sagle, gracefully tapering form. The result is a sculpture of exceptional balance and monumentality that prompts associations with both the

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Breathe in and out with Barbara Hepworth's Sculpture Garden. Located a stone's throw from the sea in St Ives, the rustle of the trees and calls of seagulls provide a soundscape for the sunny oasis full of sculptures, creating a space which Hepworth herself called 'a sort of magic'. 🍃 We can't wait to welcome you back when we reopen. | Tate

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The great British sculptor Barbara Hepworth was born #OnThisDay in 1903 🎂 Barbara Hepworth is one of the most important figures in the development of abstract art in Britain. Her sculpture can be found dotted all over the globe, from Brazil, to Japan, Greece, South Africa, and a plethora in the USA. At the time of her death, she was generally regarded as the world’s greatest woman sculptor, and her obituary in the Guardian described her as ‘probably the most significant woman artist in the hist

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🏖️ Beaches are for… finding that perfect pebble. 🪨 Barbara Hepworth is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. She was at the forefront of international modern art, deeply spiritual, and passionately engaged with political and technological change. Immerse yourself in almost five decades of her sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints and designs in the landmark exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life at Tate St Ives. Until 1 May 2023 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SNVmW3 Footage f

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Happy birthday Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain’s most important twentieth century artists, born on this day in 1903! Hepworth moved to Cornwall at the outbreak of war in 1939. She lived and worked in Trewyn studios, now the Barbara Hepworth Museum, from 1949 until her death in 1975. A team from Tate Sculpture and Installation conservation department visit the Museum and Gardens twice a year to maintain the sculpture and studio spaces, as well as to maintain the indoor sculptures and tools.

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Today marks the birthday of Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975). She was a leading figure in the rise of British modernism and explored the geometric structure of natural forms. “Dual Form” is abstract while reminiscent of the ancient standing stones called "menhirs" near St. Ives, Cornwall, where the artist resided from 1939 until her death. 🪨 Barbara Hepworth (British, 1903–1975), “Dual Form,” 1965. Bronze; 76 × 54 × 24 1/2 in. Museum Purchase: Building Fund and Dayton Corporation Foundation, 70.21

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Barbara Hepworth’s modernist sculpture was heavily influenced by natural landscapes and environmental forms. From St Ives to Greece she was inspired by the shapes and intrinsic characteristics of coastal lines and organic structures. Learn about the physical process and attention to detail behind Hepworth’s work in this Tate Shots film from 2015. See work by Hepworth on display at Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden ⬇️ Pre-book tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives/barbara

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In June, Tate Britain will stage the first major London survey of Barbara Hepworth’s work since 1968. To complement it, the Hepworth gallery in Wakefield opens an exhibition about the sculptor’s last decade More on this story at http://on.ft.com/1Ij3plz | Financial Times

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The Art of Barbara Hepworth

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How do you make a drawing appear sculptural? Dr. Flavia Frigeri tells us just that as she delves deeper into the creation of this unique self-portrait by the sculptor Barbara Hepworth. ✍ Barbara Hepworth by Barbara Hepworth, 1950 © Bowness | National Portrait Gallery

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'I prefer my work to be shown outside. I think sculpture grows in the light and with the movement of the sun... with space and the sky above, sculptures can expand and breathe' - Barbara Hepworth ⁣ In this film we tell the story of Barbara Hepworth and her magical Studios and Sculpture Garden—reopen in St Ives! 🍃 https://bit.ly/2ShJLmA⁣ | Tate

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Let's take a look at two sculptures from the Herbert's collection. Barbara Hepworth's Figure (Walnut) & Peter Laszlo Peri's The Coventry Sculpture. What's an abstract sculpture? Do all sculptures feature people? Find out with our Learning Officer, Brian. Clip taken from our Exploring Sculpture KS1/2 Virtual Lesson. Find out more: https://coventrymuseums.org.uk/ | Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

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What happened to Barbara Hepworths triplets? - TimesMojo

Few of Dame Barbara Hepworth’s forms are as iconic as ‘Winged Figure I’ 🪽 Conceived in 1957, the sculpture draws together many of Hepworth’s principal concerns: the universal dream of weightlessness, humanity’s place in nature and the Cornish landscape. In 1963, she reimagined the work on a monumental scale for the façade of John Lewis on Oxford Street, a six-meter version seen by half a million people each day. We spoke with Ingram Reid, Director of Modern British & Irish Art, about the dialog

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Artist Fact Sheet Barbara Hepworth

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Barbara Hepworth, one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, reflects on her artistic philosophy in this rare BBC interview. Known for her exploration of form, space, and material, Hepworth saw sculpture as a dialogue with nature—a way to express both universal harmony and deeply personal emotions. 👉 Follow us for more iconic artist moments and inspiration! #BarbaraHepworth #ModernSculpture #IconicArtist #SculptureArt #ArtHistory #BBCArchives #20thCenturyArt #ArtInspiration #Con

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Barbara Hepworth lived during the height of the Space Age, which influenced artists and thinkers globally. In 1962, the telecommunications satellite Telstar was launched into space, and the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station was established in Cornwall to communicate with it. Hepworth was invited to visit the site in 1963 and recalled: ‘I was invited on board the first one [dish] when it began to go round, and it was so magical and so strange. I find such forms of our technology very exciting and

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The Art of Barbara Hepworth - Movie

Barbara Hepworth: the radical British sculptor who combined rigour with sensuality

Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield in 1903 and went on to be recognised as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, whose influence continues to be very strong today. Hepworth was keen for her work to be experienced in the open air and to be enjoyed by as many people as possible. We have worked closely with her family and Estate since the earliest years of YSP. In 2003 we collaborated with Tate St Ives on an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the artist’s birth. YSP is th

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‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ - Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone - The London Magazine

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BARBARA HEPWORTH - FAMILY OF MAN

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