"Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1903 and working until her death in 1975 in St Ives, Cornwall, Barbara Hepworth lived through a time of astonishing technological and social change. She had a broad range of interests, from politics to music, poetry, science and spirituality-and a life-long engagement with landscape-which she brought into her work, alongside influences from her personal life."
"Hepworth was a proponent of direct carving, the practice of carving directly into the wood or stone. She favoured hard woods, like the Burmese wood used for Infant, which was very difficult to carve. Reviews of her early exhibitions in the 1920s particularly praise her technical ability, and the sympathetic dialogue between organic material and the forms she created. Infant was made after the birth of her first son, Paul Skeaping,"
Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1903 and worked until her death in 1975 in St Ives, Cornwall. She held broad interests in politics, music, poetry, science, spirituality, and maintained a lifelong engagement with landscape that informed her work alongside personal influences. She believed passionately in art's role in society, advocating public sculpture and the power of art to reflect and influence human relationships and the wider world. Hepworth practiced direct carving, favoring hard woods such as Burmese wood. Early exhibitions praised her technical ability and dialogue between organic material and created forms. Family life influenced stylistic shifts toward abstraction.
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