The Hepworth Wakefield launches Art at Home - a unique opportunity to purchase fine art prints from Wakefield's collection

Art at Home is The Hepworth Wakefield’s new print on demand service, offering a unique opportunity to purchase fine art prints from its nationally significant collection of Modern British and contemporary art.

The Hepworth Wakefield is home to Wakefield’s Permanent Art Collection, which features nearly 6000 art works. The collection was founded in 1923, with the aim of nurturing an understanding of contemporary art. Works were acquired by the leading artists of the time, including Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, who have become synonymous with shaping modern British art. The Hepworth Wakefield continues to develop the collection with this aim, showing how art can help us understand and explore current lived experiences

Art at Home makes it easier than ever to bring iconic artworks from the collection into homes, offices and institutions.

Launching ahead of The Hepworth Wakefield’s popular Print Fair (15 and 16 March 2025) Art at Home will offer a capsule collection to choose from – in custom sizes, finishes and frames – to complement any décor.

At the core of Art at Home is a selection of works by Hepworth, including 15 of her prints on paper and board.

Barbara Hepworth made a number of print portfolios between 1969 and 1971 using screen print and lithograph techniques. She saw printmaking as an essential part of her artistic process, creating works that explored ideas she later translated into sculpture. Prints such as Sun and Marble, 1971 and Green Man, 1972 are now available to order in a range of sizes, allowing art lovers to bring Hepworth’s innovative fusion of sculpture and printmaking into their own spaces.

Alongside the works by Hepworth are a selection from Henry Moore’s Stonehenge Suite, 1971/73, of lithographs and etchings, as well as the Castleford-born artist’s Pit Boys at Pithead, 1942. Commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee to illustrate the work of the ‘Bevin Boys’, the young men who were conscripted to dig coal to fuel the factories producing armaments for the war effort, Moore considered this drawing to be the most successful work to come out of the commission.

Other artists from the collection include Roger Fry, James Tissot, Albert Wainwright and Louisa Fennell, a painter born in the Wakefield area of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1847. More art works will be made available throughout the year.

The prints will be produced by King & McGaw, an esteemed fine art printing company that has worked with prestigious institutions such as Tate, The National Gallery and MoMA. King & McGaw has built a reputation for producing high-quality prints from some of the world’s greatest artists.

For more information about Art at Home and to explore the full selection of works, visit The Hepworth Wakefield’s online shop.

The Hepworth Wakefield is a charity and shop purchases support our mission to create exceptional art experiences that enhance everyone’s lives.

Art at Home has been supported through Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Programme.

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