Sculpture giants compared in exclusive first at south Warwickshire gallery

Auguste Rodins Jean dAire, Monumentale Nude, 1887, reproduced.

Moore Rodin, opening next Saturday (February 15) is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Henry Moore and Auguste Rodin and will feature sculptures on display both in the gallery and in its ‘Capability’ Brown parkland.

Including loans from the Musée Rodin in Paris, the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire and public collections throughout the UK, the exhibition will feature Rodin’s famous bronze sculpture Monument to the Burghers of Calais (1889), on loan from the Royal Parks - a coup for Compton Verney, as this work is rarely removed from its usual location outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

Works by Moore include the monumental Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae (1968) and The Arch (1969).

Auguste Rodins The Three Shades, before 1886, courtesy.

Compton Verney’s director Dr Steven Parissien said “We are delighted to be hosting this awe-inspiring exhibition in celebration of our tenth anniversary.

“This is a rare opportunity for audiences throughout the UK to see the works by two of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century together - and I cannot think of a better setting for them.

“The works have been placed in our landscape to take full advantage of Capability Brown’s fabulous parkland, enabling visitors to see the works relating to one another as well as to their historic setting.

“We are looking forward to welcoming visitors from near and far, who will be able to get up close to the works and to appreciate their scale and construction.”

The exhibition, which has been organised by The Henry Moore Foundation in collaboration with the musée Rodin, Paris, runs until August 31.