Henry Moore’s rise from Yorkshire miner's son to international acclaim as the 20th century’s greatest sculptor is one of the most remarkable stories in British art. In this handsomely illustrated second edition of The Life of Henry Moore, Roger Berthoud charts Moore’s transition from controversial young modernist to celebrated pillar of the art world establishment. Drawing on his weekly interviews with the sculptor as well as a mass of material, including early letters and interviews with Moore’s friends and associates, Berthoud gives us a lively, balanced, definitive portrait of Henry Moore’s long life and career. Roger Berthoud, former arts journalist for the Times and the Independent, is also the author of the definitive biography of Graham Sutherland.
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From Publishers Weekly
How do we reconcile Moore, the creator of universal icons, with Moore, the down-to-earth Yorkshire rustic who summed up his WW I experience as a soldier in these superficial words: "For me the war passed in a romantic haze of hoping to be a hero"? In tracing the sculptor's evolution from protected, mother-bound child to hewer of archetypal forms who learned from surrealism even as he was forging his own abstract style, Berthoud never fully explains the incongruity. Written with Moore's approval and cooperation before his death in 1985, this first full biography offers a balanced, engrossing appraisal of the sculptor's work, even though it sometimes verges on becoming a career recitation. Praising Moore's sculpture became a form of evangelism for the cause of modern art and for postwar Britain. Berthoud (Graham Sutherland) cuts through the hype to explain how Moore became receiver and transmitter of signals from suffering humanity, in an art at once tribal and individual.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
To separate the man from the myth and to retain the integrity of both is the major role of Moore's biographer. Berthoud, who knew Moore for over 30 years, portrays him as both straightforward country man and preeminent sculptor. He uses archives and interviews to trace the artist from Yorkshire origins through World War I experiences to the achievements of the post-World War II years. His book views Moore's art as personal inspiration reflecting the troubled years of the century, although the later work, while often innovative, was divorced from the art of the 1960s and 70s. As the first authorized full biography this is an important contribution, one that generally maintains the balance between admiration and critical judgment. (Illustrations not seen.) Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Mus. Lib., New York
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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