| Born this day in 1898, Henry Moore was an English sculptor whose organically shaped, abstract figures in bronze and stone constitute the major 20th-century manifestation of the humanist tradition in sculpture. Much of his work is monumental, and he was particularly well known for a series of reclining nudes. Among his major commissions were sculptures for UNESCO headquarters in Paris (1957–58), for the Lincoln Center in New York City (1963–65), and for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1978). |