War and art

Henry Moore

Henry Moore was the most important British sculptor of the 20th century, and the most popular and internationally celebrated sculptor of the post-was period. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, usually of the mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950's when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces.

Moore was involved with two art movements, which were Modernism and Modern Art.

Modernism – a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Modern art – includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860's to the 1970's, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. 

Clearly influenced by earlier modernist development in Britain and internationally, Moore has incorporated some of their ideas into his own extensive work.

Paul Nash

Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art.

During World War II  he produced two series of anthropomorphic depictions of aircraft, before producing a number of landscapes rich in symbolism with an intense mystical quality. These have perhaps become among the best known works from the period. Nash was also a fine book illustrator, and also designed stage scenery, fabrics and posters.

Jonathon Olley

Jonathon  Olley is a British photographer. His art photography focuses on landscapes marked by signs of human folly, but he has also worked as a war reporter and stills photographer for the motion picture industry.