VISIT TO HENRY MOORE STUDIO AT PERRY GREEN HERTFORDSHIRE FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2012

As the first event of his year, the Master Elect has arranged a visit to the Studios of Henry Moore. Early booking is recommended as places are limited. Acclaimed as one of the greatest twentieth century sculptors, Henry Moore was born in Castleford, Yorkshire, in 1898, son of a miner. Taught locally, he settled in London after the First World War, and soon became known as one of the avante-garde. The human figure became the catalyst for his exploration of form, and the first of his reclining figures was carved in the late 1920s. After his studio in Hampstead suffered damage in the Second World War, Moore moved to Perry Green in 1940. Moore was also a superb draughtsman, and his sketches of Londoners sheltering from the blitz in the underground stations brought his art to popularity. After the war, a series of family groups heralded a period of abstraction on a grand scale, in which figures were broken into elemental pieces. Moore sculpture adorned prestigious sites including the Lincoln Centre, New York and the UNESCO Building in Paris. Major retrospective exhibitions were held in the Tate Gallery, London in 1968 and in Florence in 1972. In 1977, the Henry Moore Foundation was established as a Charitable Trust, responsible for the completion of limited editions of his monumental bronzes, and to organise world-wide exhibitions of his work. The Foundation holds an unrivalled collection of his work, much of which is displayed in the garden of the Perry Green studios, created by his wife Irina. Active until a few months before his death in 1986, Moore took a delight in the soft Hertfordshire landscapes, and the sheep grazing peacefully outside his windows. Moores home Hoglands has recently been restored for visits and complements the more public aspects of the studios and sculpture garden.

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Our visit to the Foundation will begin at 10.30 am at the visitor centre near The Hoops. After coffee we will be divided into small groups for tours of Hoglands. There will be a group luncheon at The Hoops (now owned by the Foundation) before assembling for a comprehensive tour of the grounds and studios, followed by tea before departure. This is one of the outstanding cultural and artistic sites, which vividly evokes the personality of its creator, long recognised as one of the epic figures of modernism. The cost of the visit has been set at 35.00 per head to include entrance fees and lunch There is ample parking space at the Visitor Centre. Perry Green can be reached by taxi from Bishops Stortford on the Liverpool St. Cambridge line. Further details will be circulated when bookings are received.

To:

The Clerk : The Company of Chartered Architects Tel: 020 8292 4893

82A Muswell Hill Road, London N10 3JR wccaclerk@blueyonder.co.uk

I wish to book Places @ 35.00 for the visit to The Henry Moore Studio on Friday 28 September 2012 each and enclose cheque in the total sum of ..payable to the Company of Chartered Architects.

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ALL APPLICATIONS TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CLERK BY 14 SEPTEMBER 2012.

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