Barbara Hepworth Surgeon Drawings

Barbara hepworth surgeon waiting surgeon waiting by barbara hepworth 1948 oil graphite on paper 80 x 60 cm collection.

Barbara hepworth surgeon drawings. The show coincides with the 65th anniversary year of the launch of britain s pioneering national health service in 1948. Barbara hepworth from sculpture to scalpel. Sculpture and the scalpel barbara hepworth. Barbara hepworth 10 january 1903 20 may 1975 barbara hepworth prelude i 1948 oil and pencil on board with gesso ground via in 1947 english sculptor barbara hepworth accepted an invitation to visit a hospital operating theatre and study surgeons at work.

15 may 2016 explore bronwynfieldhou s board babara hepworth drawings paintings which is followed by 126 people on pinterest. Her father was a civil engineer for the west riding county council who in 1921 advanced to the role of county surveyor. The hospital drawings barbara hepworth many of us are familiar with barbara hepworth s drawings of surgeons and staff in operating theatres which were done in various hospitals over a number of years. Barbara hepworth s surgical sketches at the end of the 1940s finding marble in short supply sculptor barbara hepworth took her sketchpad into hospitals.

Pallant house gallery chichester 16 february 2 june 2013 pallant house gallery in chichester west sussex is showing barbara hepworth. The hospital drawings 27 oct 2012 03 feb 2013 this exhibition revealed the remarkable series of exquisite drawings and paintings made by barbara hepworth during the late 1940s illustrating surgeons at work in operating theatres within post war britain. The focal point within a space which whatever its shape becomes converted visually. See more ideas about barbara hepworth drawings and artist.

He wrote of her hospital drawings. Little perhaps do surgeons realise the classic beauty of their surroundings a beauty based upon perfect architectural conditions designed for a purpose.