Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

A sculptor and draughtsman, Moore studied at the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. After serving in the army 1917-9, he was awarded a travelling scholarship to study in France and Italy in 1925. His first solo exhibition was held at the Warren Gallery in 1928; his work was also shown at the Leicester Galleries and at Marlborough Fine Art. A member of the London Group 1930-7 and the National Society 1931-2, he was included in the International Surrealist Exhibitions in London in 1936 and in Paris in 1938. An Official War Artist (1940-2), Moore had his first retrospective exhibition at Temple Newsam in Leeds in 1941. One of the most celebrated British artists of the twentieth century, he received an OM in 1963.