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- Sir Jacob Epstein
- The Risen Christ
- 1917 - 1919
- GMA 1092
- Sir Jacob Epstein
- Albert Einstein
- 1933
- GMA 13
- Sir Jacob Epstein
- Consummatum Est
- 1936 - 1937
- GMA 2304
Sir Jacob Epstein (American / British, 1880 - 1959)
American-born Epstein studied art in Paris then settled in England in 1905. He was one of the first sculptors to take an interest in (so-called) primitive and ancient sculpture and had an outstanding collection of his own. By 1920 he had become probably the most notorious modern artist working in Britain, condemned for the stylized treatment of form in some works and for the brazen nudity in others. Like Moore, Hepworth and many other early twentieth-century sculptors, Epstein wanted his carvings to reflect the individual qualities and form of the original block of stone. This tendency is often referred to as being 'true to the materials'.
