Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth

Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-75) was born and raised in Wakefield, and became one of the twentieth century's most eminent international sculptors, shaped by her early years in Yorkshire which she says 'discipled me to the life of form and sculpture'. Hepworth is best known for creating beautiful, flowing and rhythmic sculptures in wood, marble or bronze, often influenced by the organic shapes and contours of nature.

Hepworth is known for her pierced shapes, and her most famous works include Single Form, which is in the United Nations Plaza in New York, and Winged Figure, on the side of the John Lewis department store in London.