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Jacob Epstein
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American-British sculptor (1880–1959)
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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York City and died on 19 August 1959 in London, where he was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. A sculptor, painter, and draftsperson working in figurative art, he was educated at the Académie Julian and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, and worked in New York City, Paris, and London. Epstein held citizenship of the United States and the United Kingdom, and his notable work includes Oscar Wilde's tomb. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and his works are held by the Art Institute of Chicago, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Auckland Art Gallery, and the Tate.
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Key facts
- Born
- 10 November 1880, New York City , US
- Died
- 21 August 1959 (1959-08-21) (aged 78), London , England
- Citizenship
- United States British subject (from 1910)
- Alma mater
- Art Students League of New York Académie Julian École des Beaux-Arts
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Spouses
- Margaret Dunlop ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1906 ; died 1947 ) Kathleen Garman , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 )
- Children
- 5, including Theodore and Kathleen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacob
- Family name
- Epstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Kathleen Garman
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Oscar Wilde's tomb
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Genre
- figurative art
- Image
- Jacob Epstein (1934).jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Jacob Epstein
- date of birth
- 1880-11-10
- date of death
- 1959-08-19
- Commons Creator page
- Jacob Epstein
- Commons gallery
- Jacob Epstein
- name in native language
- Jacob Epstein
- place of burial
- Putney Vale Cemetery
- has works in the collection
- Science Museum
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- start of work period
- 1900-01-01
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
- pseudonym
- Epstein, Sir Jacob
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Jacob Epstein, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (/ˈɛpstaɪn/, 10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910.
Early in his career, in 1912, The Pall Mall Gazette described Epstein as "a Sculptor in Revolt, who is in deadly conflict with the ideas of current sculpture." Revolting against ornate, pretty art, he made bold, often harsh and massive forms in bronze or stone. His sculpture is distinguished by its vigorous rough-hewn realism. Avant-garde in concept and style, his works often shocked audiences. This was not only a result of their often explicit sexual content, but also because they abandoned the conventions of classical Greek sculpture favoured by European academic critics and sculptors, to experiment instead with the aesthetics of art traditions as diverse as those of India, China, ancient Greece, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands. His larger sculptures were his most expressive and experimental, but also his most vulnerable.
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