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.
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x136756
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x136757
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x125065
Esther Epstein; Jacob Epstein; Beth Lipkin
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide print, 16 February 1954
NPG x36035
Jacob Epstein with his 'Christ in Majesty'
by Geoffrey Ireland
semi-matte bromide print, circa 1955
On display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x29399
Sir Jacob Epstein; Nancy Rogers
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1955
NPG x136758
by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 24 January 1914
NPG Ax7856
Freud
Related People
Esther Epstein (daughter)
Kathleen Esther (née Garman), Lady Epstein (wife)
Links
Hull University Art Collection, East Yorkshire
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, North Yorkshire
New Art Gallery, Walsall, West Midlands
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- Jacob Epstein: Portrait Sculptor
Until 24 November
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