Barbara Hepworth Museum in St Ives Celebrates Sculptor's Legacy

The Barbara Hepworth Museum in St Ives, Cornwall, preserves the studio and garden where the modernist sculptor lived and worked. Hepworth (1903–1975) was a leading figure in modern sculpture, deeply influenced by the Cornish landscape. The museum, housed in Trewyn Studio, was established per her wish and entrusted to the Tate Gallery in 1980. Hepworth studied at Leeds School of Art and Royal College of Art, where she met Henry Moore. She married sculptor John Skeaping in Florence in 1925 and later painter Ben Nicholson, with whom she had triplets. She was part of the 'direct carving' movement and contributed to the Circle manifesto. During WWII, she moved to St Ives and co-founded the Penwith Society of Arts. Her work 'Forma Unica' is a memorial at the UN in New York. A fire on May 20, 1975, destroyed her studio and led to her death at age 72.