How Barbara Hepworth's Move to Cornwall Transformed Her Use of Colour and Sculpture
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Barbara Hepworth's move to Cornwall with her family in 1939, just before WWII, transformed her artistic practice and use of colour. The article explores how this relocation to St Ives influenced her sculptures, particularly her integration of colour into her work, and examines the harmony of form and colour in her art as showcased at The Courtauld exhibition.
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· 3 pulledFive days before the Second World War started, Barbara Hepworth, her ten-year-old son Paul Skeaping, her second husband Ben Nicholson, their triplets Simon, Rachel and Sarah Hepworth-Nicholson, and the cook, piled into their car in Hampstead and left for St Ives, Cornwall.
I did the maquette for the first sculpture with colour, and when I took the children to Cornwall… I took the maquette with me, also my hammer and a
Barbara Hepworth's move to Cornwall with her family in 1939 transformed her practice and her use of colour.
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