Henry MOORE

(1898 – 1986)

English sculptor and draughtsman, who is known for his large abstract sculptures of the human body | 1898 born in WestYorkshire, England | 1917 was drafted into military service | 1918 takes part in the “Battle of Cambrai”, gets injured during a gas attack | 1919 first student to study sculpture at “Leeds School of Art” | 1921 scholarship to study at the “Royal College of Art” in London | 1929 opens studio in Hampstead, London | 1963 receives the “British Order of Merit” | 1972 becomes member of the “Prussian Order Pour le Mérite” | 1979 creates sculpture for the “Federal Chancellery” in Bonn | 1986 died in Hertfordshire