BORN:
Jacob Epstein was born in 1880 in the United States and died in 1959. He moved to United Kingdom in 1902.
EARLY LIFE:
Epstein showed an early interest in art and sculpture, later developing a radical and influential approach that would help define modern sculpture in the 20th century.
LIVES:
He lived and worked primarily in the United Kingdom after moving from the United States, becoming a central figure in the British modernist art scene.
EDUCATION:
He studied art in the United States and later continued his artistic development in Europe, where he was exposed to avant garde movements shaping modern sculpture.
CAREER:
Jacob Epstein was a pioneering modernist sculptor associated with leading avant-garde figures such as Pablo Picasso and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
He produced highly influential and often controversial public sculptures that challenged Victorian and Edwardian ideas of morality and artistic propriety. His work played a major role in redefining modern sculpture in Britain.
MATERIALS:
Primarily stone and bronze.
STYLE AND SUBJECTS:
Epstein’s work is associated with early modernism, characterised by bold, expressive forms, direct carving, and sometimes provocative depictions of the human figure. He often explored emotional intensity, spirituality, and the raw physicality of form.
AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS:
He exhibited widely across Britain and internationally, and his public commissions remain significant landmarks in the history of modern sculpture.
Bronze £7,950 inc VAT
Bronze £12,240 inc VAT