Henry Moore

See more than 150 significant Henry Moore works at this major exhibition at Tate Britain.

Henry Moore at Tate Britain

Henry Moore (1898-1986) was one of Britain's greatest artists.

This new exhibition at Tate Britain will demonstrate Moore's position at the forefront of progressive 20th century sculpture, with the most comprehensive selection of his works shown together for a generation.

Among the fantastic range and quality of Moore's art, the new Tate show examines three themes: war, women and world culture.

Henry Moore and War

Henry Moore first emerged as an artist in the wake of the First World War, during which he served on the Western Front. This exhibition looks at the impact this had on his art.

As Official War Artist during the Second World War, Moore made a series of important drawings of Londoners sheltering in the London Underground from the Blitz. These drawings transformed Moore's reputation and helped build the popular perception of the Blitz. See a selection of these drawings at Tate Britain, made between the autumn of 1940 and the summer of 1941.

Henry Moore and Women

The recurring motif of the mother and child is explored throughout Tate Britain's exhibition.

Moore called it his "fundamental obsession", and presented a complex vision of the maternal relationship, ranging from the nurturing bond of Mother and Child 1930-3, to Suckling Child 1930.

Henry Moore and World Culture

Other highlights of this show include sculptures influenced by world cultures:

• Moore's primitive masks and works such as Girl with Clasped Hands 1930
• abstract sculptures from the 1930s such as Composition 1931
• threatening and sexualised works influenced by Freud and psychoanalysis such as Reclining Figure 1939
• sculptures capturing the political tension and anxiety of the Spanish Civil War and the approach to the Second World War, such as The Helmet 1939-40 and Three Points 1939-40