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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) WAS THE SEVENTH SON OF A YORKSHIRE COAL MINER. HE WENT TO ART SCHOOL THANKS TO A GRANT SCHEME FOR WW1 VETERANS AND BECAME ONE OF BRITAIN’S BEST-KNOWN MODERNIST ARTISTS. WITH HIS FOUNDATION NOW 40 YEARS OLD, WE EXPLORE HIS LEGACYKEY DATES IN MOORE’S LIFEMOORE’S PUBLIC SCULPTURES ARE FOUND WORLDWIDE, FOR EXAMPLE:MOORE’S FOUNDATION OWNS:1941 After draw-ing people sheltering in tube stations, becomes an official war artist1940Home in London is damaged in the Blitz so moves to Perry Green, Hertfordshire1951Moore refuses a knighthood because he doesn’t want to be above others1977Henry Moore Foundation established. It has since given out £31m in grants 1983His final public commission, Mother and Child: Hood for St Paul’s Cathedral1944First public sculpture commission, Madonna and Child, for St Matthew’s, Northampton1916His first commission, a wooden WW1 roll of honour for his school in Castleford4,825Drawings1,585Sculptures755Graphics54Textiles31Tapestries £108m2015. Alberto Giacometti, L’Homme au doigt (1947) £79.8m2001. Alberto Giacometti, L’Homme qui marche I (1961) £45.5m2010. Amedeo Modigliani, Tête (1910–12) £44.4m2013. Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Orange)(1994–2000) £43.7m2007. Unknown artist, The Guennol Lioness (c3000BCE) £40.8m2010. Alberto Giacometti,Grande tête de Diego (1954) £37.3m2010. Henri Matisse, Nu de dos, 4 état (1958) £28.4m2009. Constantin Brancusi, Madame LR (1914–17) £25.8m2012. Jeff Koons, Tulips (1995–2004)MOORE’S WORK IS AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE SCULPTURES SOLD AT AUCTION£24.7m2016. Henry Moore, Reclining Figure: Festival (1951)Becoming Henry Moore runs until 22 October 2017 at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire henry-moore.orgThe colours on this page are inspired by his work13 in Japan1 in Romania1 in Tenerife2 in Hong Kong3 in Saudi Arabia7 in Italy9 in Australia12 in Canada26CULTURE IN NUMBERS