The exhibition of Henry Moore features 80 graphics, five sculpture models and a working model, all dating back to the period between 1934 and 1984, while a set of photographs of the author himself and his creative process provide a closer insight into his work

The works included in the exhibition, titled Henry Moore, the Graphic Artist, are part of a special collection of the British Council's Museum Without Walls, to which the artist himself donated more than 200 exceptional works of art in 1984.

At the beginning of his career Moore mostly made sculptures from wood and stone, which he previously drew on paper. He was devoted more to handling materials than working with models.

Around 1935, when his sculptures became more and more famous, he began making three dimensional drawings. This led him to introduce 'holes' into his sculptures, so that the object almost seems to grow out of an absent center.

During his lifetime, Moore became synonymous with modern sculpture in England, America and beyond, introducing a wide public to modern styles such as Surrealism and Primitivism. 

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