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Jacob Epstein
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Jacob Epstein, Jacob, Sir Epstein, Sir Epstein, Jacob Epstein (Sir), j. epstein, Epstein
American-British sculptor (1880–1959)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1880
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Exhibition of Sir Jacob Epstein's work from the collection of Edward P. Schinman
- Epstein
- [Sculptures]
- The art of Jacob Epstein
- Autobiography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 205
- Total plays
- 241
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A power primer.
· 1992 · cited 41,129x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,740x
- A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
· 1960 · cited 31,243x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
- Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
· 2013 · cited 15,850x
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Quotes
- “A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.”
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Jacob Epstein (1934).jpg
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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
- start of work period
- 1900-01-01
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
- pseudonym
- Epstein, Sir Jacob
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Jacob Epstein, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
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.