Henry Moore, Pitboys at Pit Head, 1942 - A3 Print

Henry Moore, Pitboys at Pit Head, 1942 - A3 PrintHenry Moore, Pitboys at Pit Head, 1942 In the early 1940s Moore was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee, to illustrate the work of the Bevin Boys, the young men who were conscripted to dig coal to fuel the factories producing armaments for the war effort. He produced the work in Wheldale Colliery in Castleford where his father had been pit manger. He used a technique of layering white wax crayon with watercolour, then adding detail and

and Simone Leigh

who grew up in Wakefield

commissioned by The Hepworth Wakefield

Dimensions: 140mm d

so I thought I could try a mixture of different colours

Length: Earring approx

Dimensions: Brass plate 150 x 150 x 63 mm (includes base)

Ayesha Singh

Woods worked with The Hepworth Wakefield's curators to choose a piece from our permanent art collection to use as inspiration

Genesis III connects the abstract forms with the biblical story of the creation of the world

An instruction booklet

Manet and the Post-Impressionists