Henry Spencer Moore was born on the 30th of July 1898 in the small coalmining town of Castleford, Yorkshire. He was the seventh of the eight children of Raymond Spencer Moore, and his wife Mary Baker. His mother was an affectionate woman who inevitably played a central role in her youngest son's life. His father, a miner, was an intelligent man who read and studied widely. He was determined that all his children should be well …showed first 75 words of 3429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3429 total…limber (while conveniently forgetting that he turned down a knighthood in the 1950s) and as a tool of the establishment. However, in the end it is his work that counts and in the history of twentieth-century art Moore's work counts for a great deal. It is represented in almost every important public and private collection, and his sculptures have been placed in more public places throughout the world than any other sculptor in history.