Power of Nature: Henry Moore

The artist endowed outdoor sculpture with completely new meaning; abandoning detailed nature studies in macro- and macro-scale, he developed his own repertoire of forms based on the contrast of convex and concave forms, gentle and broken lines. His great feeling for three-dimensional composition allowed him to create even relatively small pieces which emanate monumentalism. Moore’s sculptures can be found in the great metropolises of the world, in famed sculpture gardens, and respected museum collections. Henry Moore revolutionised sculpture in the 20th century by breaking with its conventional static approach. A move from realistic portrayal towards nearly abstract forms, the illusion of lightness of form and of its integration with the surroundings, the fluidity of shapes, these are the features which thanks to Moore’s creative output define modernity in sculpture.