4.2K views · 199 reactions | Happy Birthday to British sculptor Henry Moore. Born on this day in 1898. | San Diego Museum of Art | Facebook

On Remembrance Day, we’re sharing a glimpse of our new animation exploring Henry Moore's wartime art. Between 1940 and 1942, during World War II, Moore worked as an official war artist drawing people taking shelter in London during the Blitz bombings. He would spend nights in the underground train tunnels, where it was safe, and saw people lying down sleeping. He called these reclining figures. He would make small sketches and notes and then work on the finished drawings when he returned to his