Description: | Sculpture collection of about 1,000 pieces ranging from 17th century to present and with the help of the Henry Moore Foundation has created a significant 20th century collection of sculpture which is second only to that of the Tate including works by Rodin, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Alexander Calder, Anthony Gormley, Alison Wilding and Bill Woodrow. The Henry Moore Institute oversees the management of the sculpture collection which includes maquettes and models as well as finished sculptures - has doubled in size since 1982.The collection also includes important works by Robert Adams, Edward Allington, Kenneth Armitage, Eric Bainbridge, Gilbert Bayes, William Behnes, Franta Belsky, Neville Boden, Laurence Bradshaw, Ralph Brown, Reg Butler, Antonio Canova, Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick, Siegfried Charoux, John Cheere, Geoffrey Clarke, Stephen Cox, Tony Cragg, Hubert Dalwood, Grenville Davey, Richard Deacon, Frank Dobson, Jacob Epstein, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Barry Flanagan, George Frampton, George Fullard, Naum Gabo, Anya Gallaccio, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Alfred Gilbert, Eric Gill, Andy Goldsworthy, Joseph Gott, Gertrude Hermes, Susan Hiller, John Hoskin, Charles Sargeant Jagger, Samuel Joseph, Anish Kapoor, Eric Kennington, Phillip King, Ghisha Koenig, Maurice Lambert, Frederick Leighton, Richard Long, Laurence MacDonald, F.E. McWilliam, Mary Martin, Bernard Meadows, Ivan Mestrovic, Robert Morris, David Nash, Martin Naylor, Uli Nimptsch, Matthew Noble, Lucia Nogueira, Joseph Nollekens, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Peri, Edward Carter Preston, Peter Randall-Page, Louis François Roubiliac, Peter Scheemakers, William Theed, William Hamo Thornycroft, Albert Toft, William Tucker, William Turnball, Leon Underwood, Henry Weekes, Alison Wilding, Keith Wilson, Gillian Wise, Francis Derwent Wood, Thomas Woolner, Austin Wright, Richard James Wyatt and many more. Comprehensive listings of the collection can be found in two catalogues published in 1996 and 2001. |