The Drawings of Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), to many the greatest female sculptor in the history of Western art, is widely considered to be one of the most important British artists of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of British modernism. As the first in-depth and fully illustrated survey of Hepworth's drawings and oil paintings in nearly fifty years, which features the most comprehensive selection to date of works from all periods, many of which are reproduced in colour, this book will fill a conspicuous gap in Hepworth scholarship.

Alan Wilkinson was born in Toronto. He studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, and wrote his Ph.D. thesis on The Drawings of Henry Moore (1974), which was published in 1984. As a curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto between 1974 and 1994, Dr Wilkinson organised a number of important exhibitions, including the first retrospective on The Drawings of Henry Moore (1977), for the AGO and the Tate Gallery, London. His publications include: Barbara Hepworth: The Art Gallery of Ontario Collection (1991); Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective (co-author, 1994); The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz: A Catalogue Raisonne (1996 and 2000); Barbara Hepworth: Sculptures from the Estate (1996); Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations, ed. (2002); 'Henry Moore' for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); and Rachel Nicholson (2010).