Henry Moore - Shelter Drawings

Henry Moore is an extremly important 20th Century Artist most famous for his sculptures, lots of which can be seen at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.  However, he is also did a series of drawings of underground bomb shelters during the second world war. Here is a video of Henry Moore talking about the expeirence of creating these drawings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/henry-moore-s-underground-shelter-drawings-from-world-war-ii/11626.html

To create the grainy texture which mirrored the half light of the shelters he used a technique using wax and ink:

28th July 1945: 'Four Grey Sleepers', by Henry Moore, a drawing commissioned by the War Artist Advisory Committee. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1970 - Henry Moore - Sculptor - pub. 1945 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Copyright Getty Images

 By Crossett Library Bennington College

Image Courtesy of The Henry Moore Foundation

 Moore was influenced by the drawings of August Rodin who again is more famous as a sculptor, but made drawings of his own work and as studies before making sculptures using a similar technique:


Auguste Rodin, Mother and Child, c.1880
graphite, pen and ink, wash, gouache on paper
950 x 174 mm
Image courtesy of the Musee Rodin via the Henry Moore Foundation

Rodin Drawin courtesy of Wanted in Rome

 Moore made drawings of his sculptures in the same way:

Henry Moore - Reclining Figures - Ideas for Stone Sculpture (1944)
couresty of Cea

You can see the textures and surfaces of his drawings visually link with the textures and surfaces of his Bronze sculptures as they wear over time:

Henry Moore Conservation Day 8: Please don't climb on sculpture!
Courtesy of UK Parliament