Thursday 21 May 2015

Hepworth Art Gallery


Hepworth is an art gallery in Wakefield, Yorkshire. The Hepworth is a member of the award-winning tourism agency, Welcome to Yorkshire. 


The Hepworth is another place that can entertain the whole family. Different activities at the Hepworth include The Code Club, Art Pods, Baby Brave, Plaster Piece, Toddler Tuesdays, Felt Making and Creative Carving. Exhibitions include The Hepworth Family Gift/ Hepworth at Work, Sculpting the Line/ British Sculptors as Printmakers, Lynda Benglis, The Follies of the Youth and several others. 
There are two different collections at the Hepworth: Wakefield's Collection and The Gott Collection. Wakefield's art collection consists of over 5,000 pieces of work, some by British Artists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. 



The Gott Collection was assembled in the 19th Century by John Gott. This collection has 1,200 images, consisting of 65 watercolours, 315 drawings, 749 prints and 50 double-sided letterpress pages from a book. 






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