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Moore was a close friend of Whistler and the most purely 'aesthetic' of the classical revival painters of the s.

Henry moore early life

As Sidney Colvin wrote of his work in 'The subject, whatever subject is chosen, is merely a mechanism for getting beautiful people into beautiful situations' Portfolio , Moore came from an artistic family based in York. His father and no less than four of his brothers were painters. Like most artists of his generation he was deeply influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Movement.

In the mids his art was transformed by his friendships with Whistler and Leighton. He began to produce the decorative works by which he is best known today. These show female figures in diaphanous classical draperies, but they are not historical reconstructions, like the paintings of Lawrence Alma-Tadema. The settings sometimes even include anachronistic objects such as the instruments of a modern string quartette.

Moore's subject matter is insignificant. The meaning of his works lies in their harmonious relationship of shapes and colours. A typical mature work is Dreamers exhibited Royal Academy , Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery which shows three women on a settee in subtle tones of white and yellow.

Henry moore education

In Moore was elected Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour and began to exhibit there regularly. A study of his work by his pupil, Alfred Lys Baldry, appeared in and his most important paintings were included in Victorian High Renaissance , an exhibition organised by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Shortly after completing Pomegranates , he devised a signature emblematic of the universal aesthetic principles that he sought in diverse cultures.

From the fanning lines of the superimposed initials "AM" with which he signed Pomegranates and earlier paintings, Moore fashioned a stylized anthemion — an ornament occurring in a wide range of cultures but noted in his day as peculiarly prevalent in Greece and Japan.