Barbara Hepworth was a British sculptor and a leading figure of twentieth-century abstract sculpture, known for smoothly finished carved wood and stone forms, frequently pierced by open holes that made negative space an active element of the composition. Working in St Ives, Cornwall, alongside her contemporary Henry Moore, whom she had trained alongside at the Royal College of Art, Hepworth developed a distinct abstract vocabulary influenced by the coastal landscape around her, later working also in bronze for larger public commissions such as Single Form outside the United Nations headquarters in New York. She was one of the few women to achieve major international recognition in modern abstract sculpture during her lifetime, and her direct-carving technique and pierced forms significantly shaped the development of postwar British sculpture.
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BirthplaceWakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire 1 Connections
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Hepworth was a major direct carving sculptor working straight into stone and wood.
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Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903
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20 May 1975) was an English sculptor
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was an English sculptor
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Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, the eldest child of Gertrude and Herbert Hepworth.
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Barbara Hepworth died in an accidental fire at her Trewyn studios on 20 May 1975 at the age of 72.
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Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, the eldest child of Gertrude and Herbert Hepworth.
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Barbara Hepworth died in an accidental fire at her Trewyn studios on 20 May 1975 at the age of 72.
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Working in St Ives, Cornwall, alongside her contemporary Henry Moore, whom she had trained alongside at the Royal College of Art, Hepworth developed a distinct abstract vocabulary influenced by the coastal landscape around her, later working also in bronze for larger public commissions such as Single Form outside the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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