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Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

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Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English visual artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper. His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Moore is the 22nd most popular sculptor (down from 17th in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 365th in 2019) and the most popular British Sculptor.

Henry Moore is most famous for his sculptures of human figures.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Henry Moore ranks 22 out of 258. Before him are Myron, Scopas, Józef Gosławski, Jacopo Sansovino, Nicola Pisano, and Marie Tussaud. After him are Luca della Robbia, Andrea Pisano, Alexander Calder, Alessandro Algardi, Giovanni Pisano, and Alexander Archipenko.

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Among people born in 1898, Henry Moore ranks 30. Before him are Hans Krebs, Tamara de Lempicka, Karl Hermann Frank, Rudolf Dassler, Isidor Isaac Rabi, and Rodion Malinovsky. After him are Alexander Calder, Vicente Aleixandre, René Clair, Georges Dumézil, Curzio Malaparte, and Willy Messerschmitt. Among people deceased in 1986, Henry Moore ranks 22. Before him are Edward Adelbert Doisy, Cliff Burton, Joseph Beuys, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, and Georgia O'Keeffe. After him are Michael J. Smith, Leonid Kantorovich, Georges Dumézil, Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, and Harold Macmillan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Moore ranks 547 out of 8,785. Before him are Archibald Hill (1886), Adele (1988), Peter Brook (1925), Henry Hudson (1570), Edmund Crouchback (1245), and Thomas Becket (1119). After him are Sam Neill (1947), Mary Read (1695), Pope Adrian IV (1100), James IV of Scotland (1473), Edmund I (921), and Kenneth MacAlpin (810).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, Henry Moore ranks 1. After him are John Flaxman (1755), Richard Long (1945), Tony Cragg (1949), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), W. J. Coffee (1774), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), Antony Gormley (1950), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), and Anne Seymour Damer (1748).

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