Henry Moore
Post War Artists - Trauma
Henry Moore - Underground Drawings 1940-41
Responded to the war by portraying the trauma.
He depicted what it was like for the civilians who took shelter in the London Underground during the London Blitz of 1940.
His wax-resist colour drawings depicted the situation of an endless tunnel lined with people in place of trains.
His focus was more so on the situation as opposed to portraiture.
Henry Moore - Underground Drawings 1940-41
Henrys depiction of the London Underground highlights the devastation caused by the bombings and gives us an indication as to the mass amount of civilians who hid fearing for their lives.
During the London Blitz of 1940, civilians took shelter in the London Underground as so many homes were being bombed and families killed.
The long endless tunnel lined with people seems infinite much like the numbers killed during the event.
Moore directly portrays this very real bombing in his work