... home, and created all of her sculptures and other art work from her own studio. She worked during the 1900's up until her death in 1975. Barbara Hepworth was in her prime years of art work in the roaring twenties. She also went through the depression in the thirties. Non-objective art and direct ... introduced to marble carving techniques. In 1934, she abandoned figuration and used nature and the mother and child theme for inspiration. When Barbara moved to St. Ives, the rugged coastline with towering rocks impacted many of her ideas. Her bronze and marble pieces were representative to ...

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