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Henry Spencer Moore BIOGRAPHY
1898 Castleford, England - 1986 Much Hadham, England. Known for: Sculpture, large-scale & abstract figure; Drawing.
'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time . I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot... Read full biography
'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time . I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot or smudge into a Mother and Child . So that I was conditioned, as it were, to see it in everything. I... Read full biography
'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time . I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot or smudge into a Mother and Child . So that I was conditioned, as it were, to see it in everything. I suppose it could be explained as a 'Mother' complex.'(Henry Moore, quoted in H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe,... Read full biography
'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time . I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot or smudge into a Mother and Child . So that I was conditioned, as it were, to see it in everything. I suppose it could be explained as a 'Mother' complex.'(Henry Moore, quoted in H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe,... Read full biography
'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time . I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot or smudge into a Mother and Child . So that I was conditioned, as it were, to see it in everything. I suppose it could be explained as a 'Mother' complex.'(Henry Moore, quoted in H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe,... Read full biography
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'From very early on I had an obsession with the mother and child theme. It has been a universal theme from the beginning of time ... I discovered when drawing I could turn every little scribble, blot or smudge into a Mother and Child ... So that I was conditioned, as it were, to see it in everything. I suppose it could be explained as a 'Mother' complex.'(Henry Moore, quoted in H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe,But wait, there's more...
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