Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Barbara Hepworth was born on January 10, 1903, in Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, England. The eldest of four children, she was raised in a middle-class family. Her father, a civil engineer, would influence her understanding of precise geometry and structural form. The Yorkshire landscape greatly inspired her design sensibilities, becoming a recurring theme in her work. Starting with her education at Wakefield Girls' High School, she rapidly developed her artistic talents, leading to her eventual studies at Leeds School of Art alongside Henry Moore.