View Barbara Hepworth Wood Sculptures Background. Sculpture with colour (oval form) pale blue and red, 1943 (bh 119). Primarily a sculptor, barbara hepworth was a leading figure of the international modern art movement in the 1930s.

Barbara Hepworth Wood Form With Strings 1960 Sfmoma
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Her work exemplifies modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Many of the pieces took inspiration from a particular coastal contour that hepworth explored. Things to do near barbara hepworth museum and sculpture garden.

She was 73 years old.

Her smooth, massive sculptures invite their audiences to engage with and even touch them, and they stand as icons of the modern movement. She was one of the few women artists to achieve international prominence. Primarily a sculptor, barbara hepworth was a leading figure of the international modern art movement in the 1930s. Many of the pieces took inspiration from a particular coastal contour that hepworth explored.