1. Henry Moore & Charles Alston
Meet The Masters
Henry Moore
&
Charles Alston

2. What is a Sculpture?
Sculpture is the art of forming representations by carving or modelling.
Today sculpture includes any work in three-dimensions.

3. What is a Sculpture?
A sculpture may look exactly like a person or object or may reflect shapes.

4. Reduction Sculpture (Carving)
Reduction sculpture is where material (stone, wood, ice) is taken away in order to create the form.

5. Addition Sculpture (Modelling)
Addition sculpture is where material (clay, wax, cardboard, paper) is largely added on to create the form.

6. Henry Moore (1898-1986) British painter and sculptor.
Best known for his monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.

7. Henry Moore ( )
He always liked the art lessons given at school.
When he was 11 he decided he wanted to become a sculptor.

8. Henry Moore ( )
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure.

9. Henry Moore ( )
Reclining Figure (1951), Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

10. Charles Alston ( )
Painter, sculptor, muralist and art teacher.
Born in North Carolina

11. Alston designed and painted murals.
Charles Alston ( )
Alston designed and painted murals.

12. Charles Alston ( )
Alston’s work includes many styles, from pure abstraction to pure realism.
His later work was influenced by African sculpture.

13. Compare
Family Group-Henry Moore
Family No. 1-Charles Alston