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Henry Moore was a British Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1898. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Gagosian, Paris (rue de Castiglione). Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have featured Henry Moore's work in the past.Henry Moore's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 32,765,322 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 32,765,322 USD for Reclining Figure: Festival, sold at Christie's London in 2016. In the past 12 months, his sculptures have averaged 339,129 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 29,814 USD.Henry Moore has been featured in articles for Ocula, ArtLyst and ArtDaily. The most recent article is A Glimpse at Picasso and Pollock Masterpieces Kept in Tehran Vault written for BBC News in February 2025. The artist died in 1986.
Artist's alternative names: Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore, Moore
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..Henry Moore is best known for his sculpture: for his large scale bronze works on display in cities throughout the world, for his semi-abstact carvings and representations of the female form...
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..Best known for his monumental bronzes and stone carvings, until recently his plasters have been regarded as preparatory stages in his sculptural process rather than as works of art in their own right...
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..Throughout his career, Moore utilised a wide range of techniques and media, such as line drawing and cross-hatching, gouache, chalk and crayon, to bring two-dimensional forms to life, creating impressions...
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..These beautiful studies move away from the process-based and into the personal, allowing the viewer an image of Moore not as a world-renowned artist but as a proud new father, looking at his wife and newborn...
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