What does Pendour mean?

What does Pendour mean?

The mystery laden Pendour Cove is located on the northwest of Zennor. A beach of Cornwall, it gets its name from the Cornish term ‘pen’ meaning end or head and ‘dour’ meaning devour. The beach sings the love story of a handsome singer Matthew Trewhella who fell in love with a mermaid and followed her into the sea.

How much are Barbara Hepworth sculptures?

Barbara Hepworth’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $183 USD to $7,110,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is $7,110,000 USD for Parent II, sold at Christie’s New York in 2021.

What materials does Barbara Hepworth use?

Hepworth used a variety of materials and methods throughout her career. Carving directly into wood and stone gave her the most satisfaction as a sculptor, although it is often by her large-scale, outdoor work in bronze that she is best known.

What made Hepworth significant as an international artist?

Over 50 years, from 1925 to her death in 1975, she made more than 600 works of sculpture remarkable in range and emotional force. In these works this brave and indefatigable woman transcends the difficulties and ugliness of modern life and evokes a vision of radiant calm perfection.

Was Barbara Hepworth married?

Ben Nicholsonm. 1938–1951
John Skeapingm. 1925–1933
Barbara Hepworth/Spouse

How did Barbara Hepworth work?

What inspired her work? Instead of making art that looked like people or things, Hepworth began to make sculptures and drawings using abstract shapes. She was inspired by nature and the world around her.

What type of work did Barbara Hepworth create?

Sculpture
Barbara Hepworth/Forms

How old is Barbara Hepworth?

72 years (1903–1975)
Barbara Hepworth/Age at death

What is Barbara Hepworth inspired by?

At Wakefield Girls’ High School Hepworth was inspired by seeing images of Egyptian sculpture and encouraged by the headteacher, Miss McCroben, to apply for a scholarship to Leeds School of Art. Following this, in 1921, she began her studies at the Royal College of Art in London.

What type of artist was Barbara Hepworth?

Modern art
ModernismAbstract art
Barbara Hepworth/Periods

Who is Barbara Hepworth?

Sculptor Barbara Hepworth photographed at the Tate in April 1968 with her sculpture Four-Square (Walk Through), part of the Sculpture for a Modern World exhibition there. Photograph: Bob Aylott/Getty Images

Where did Barbara Hepworth make her group of doves?

Doves (Group) is Barbara Hepworth’s earliest surviving stone-carving. She made it in Italy having travelled there alone, aged 21, after studying in Leeds and at the Royal College of Art in London.

Is the landscape an obstacle in seeing Barbara Hepworth?

This observation was first made by the curator Penelope Curtis in her article ‘The Landscape of Barbara Hepworth’ (1998), which began, ‘Landscape tends to be an obstacle in seeing Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture …

When did Jane Hepworth make her mother and Child stone?

Hepworth’s Mother and Child (1934), in pink Ancaster stone, which she made when she was pregnant. Photograph: © Bowness, Hepworth Estate ‘There is an inside and an outside to every form,” Hepworth once wrote, and sometimes, “they are in special accord, as for instance a nut in its shell or a child in the womb.”

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