Fonds Hélène et Édouard Leclerc pour la culture opens major Henry Moore exhibition
(Artdaily.org)

Henry Moore was one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and the first British artist to become a global star during his lifetime. As the embodiment of post-war modernism, his art initiated the revival of sculpture in Great Britain, a movement that continues today. His sculptures are exhibited in many cities and museums throughout the world; their organic shapes continue to attract an ever growing audience and inspire new generations of artists. The exhibition at Landerneau traces his extraordinary life and career through a choice of emblematic works, most of which are on loan from the collection of the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green, where he lived and worked. In the early 1920s, Henry Moore studied at Leeds School of Art in the UK. This was where he learned drawing, but already his dream was to become a sculptor. At Moore’s request, the school director opened a sculpture department and for some time he was the only student. The teaching was