Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Sculptor
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sitter associated with 66 portraits
Artist of 14 portraits
The leading modernist sculptor of his day, Epstein was born in New York to Polish-Jewish parents and studied in Paris before moving to London in 1905. He quickly gained a reputation as a brilliant sculptor, creating monuments, portraits and controversial depictions of nudity. His bold work courted controversy and may have cost him an appointment as war artist and a professorship at the Royal College of Art. In spite of criticism, he regularly and successfully exhibited life-size bronzes and portraits at the Leicester Galleries. He received public recognition late in life, being knighted in 1954, and completed large commissions and numerous portraits in his last decade.
Jacob Epstein sculpting Elizabeth Keen
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1951
On display at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, UK in the exhibition 'Ida Kar'
NPG x135169
Sir Jacob Epstein with plaster of 'Social Consciousness'
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951-1953
NPG x136748
William Somerset Maugham; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
NPG x136752
William Somerset Maugham; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
NPG x136753
William Somerset Maugham; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
NPG x136754
William Somerset Maugham; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x136755
Jacob Epstein sculpting Elizabeth Keen
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
NPG x136760
Jacob Epstein sculpting Elizabeth Keen
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1951
NPG x136761
by Michael Peto
bromide fibre print, 1951
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137297
by Michael Peto
bromide fibre print, 1951
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137298
Sir Jacob Epstein; Judith Lade
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by Unknown photographer, for Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage press print, 4 March 1952
NPG x136479
Sir Jacob Epstein; Aileen Mindel ('Minda') Bronfman de Gunzburg, Baroness Gunzburg
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1952
NPG x136763
Jacob Epstein with Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x133292
Jacob Epstein's studio (including sculptures Social Consciousnes and Ecce Homo)
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134333
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x135200
Sir Jacob Epstein; Kathleen Esther (née Garman), Lady Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, circa 1953
NPG x136749
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x136750
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell; Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x136751
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Related People
Esther Epstein (daughter)
Kathleen Esther (née Garman), Lady Epstein (wife)
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Hull University Art Collection, East Yorkshire
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, North Yorkshire
New Art Gallery, Walsall, West Midlands
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