Feb 2016

Late career
The artist greatly increased her
studio space when she purchased
the Palais de Danse, a cinema and
dance studio, that was across the
street from Trewyn in 1960. She
used this new space to work on
large-scale commissions.
Hepworth also experimented with
lithography in her late career. She
produced two lithographic suites
with the Curwen Gallery and its
director Stanley Jones, one in 1969
and one in 1971.The latter was
entitled "The Aegean Suite" (1971)
and was inspired by Hepworth's
trip to Greece in 1954 with
Margaret Gardiner. The artist also
produced a set of lithographs
entitled "Opposing Forms" (1970)
with Marlborough Fine Art in
London.Barbara Hepworth died in
an accidental fire at her Trewyn
studios on 20 May 1975 at the age
of 72.
Recognition
Hepworth was awarded the Grand
Prix at the 1959 Sāo Paolo Bienal.
She also was awarded the Freedom
of St Ives award in 1968 as an
acknowledgment of her significant
contributions to the town. She was
awarded honorary degrees from
Birmingham (1960), Leeds (1961),
Exeter (1966), Oxford (1968),
London (1970), and Manchester
(1971).[10] She was appointed CBE
in 1958 and DBE in 1965.[10][44] In
1973 she was elected an honorary
member of the American Academy
of Arts and Letters.Following her
death, her studio and home in St
Ives became the Barbara Hepworth
Museum, which came under
control of the Tate in 1980.In 2011,
the Hepworth Wakefield opened in
Hepworth's hometown of
Wakefield, England. The Museum
was designed by the famed
architect David Chipperfield.In
January 2015 it was announced
that Tate Britain was to stage the
first big London show of
Hepworth's work since 1968. It
would bring together more than 70
of her works, including the major
abstract carvings and bronzes for
which she is best known. It would
also include unseen photographs
from the Hepworth archive, held by
the Tate, including a selfphotogram
created in the 1930s
and experimental photographic
collages.