Henry Moore was born on July 30, 1898 in Castleford, Yorkshire. He was the seventh of eight children and came from a poor but supportive family. His mother, Mary Baker Moore was always helping him into schools and education programs so he could amount to something later on in his life. His father, Raymond Spencer Moore was a coal minor and didn’t want Henry to be like him.
Henry Moore started his career as a teacher before he ever became a sculpture or a sketcher. Starting in 1919 through 1921 Henry Moore went to the Leeds School of Art where he first discovered his passion for sc