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Top left Two Forms with White, 1963


Above Forms in Movement (Galliard), 1956


linocuts of geometric designs – some of which Fortnum & Mason bought for £10 each and used for furnishing fabrics. Yet despite all her difficulties, she celebrated the richness of her life in St Ives and Carbis Bay, and loved the Cornish countryside. As with Yorkshire, the colours and textures of the rocks, landforms, sea and tides directly influenced her work. Trewyn, her St Ives home and studio from 1949 until her tragic death in a 1975 fire, was acquired by the Tate in 1980. It is a memorable experience to see her studio and the sculptures that she placed among the lush vegetation of her garden, where she worked in the open air. Barbara Hepworth was awarded a CBE in 1958 and the DBE in 1965, but her national and international success was hard won. She faced many difficulties and tragedies in her life, including the death in 1953 of her son Paul, an RAF pilot, in an air crash in Tailand. Plus,


‘She wanted art to be integrated into society, and wished that architects and sculptors could collaborate from the very beginning of projects.’


the terrible suffering she endured from cancer during the last years of her life. She wanted art to be integrated into society, and wished that architects and sculptors could collaborate from the very beginning of projects. Seeing the magnificent statuary and architecture in Venice when she was the UK’s representative at the Biennale in 1950, confirmed her belief that ‘sculpture should act not only as a foil to architectural properties, but the sculpture itself should provide a link between human scale and sensibility and the greater volumes of space and mass in architecture’. Tis book will vividly illuminate hitherto unknown aspects of her life and prolific art practice, and will be an inspiration to many.


Te retrospective Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life runs at Te Hepworth Wakefield from 21 May 2021– 27 February 2022.


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