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Jacob (Sir) Epstein

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Jacob (Sir) Epstein (1880 - 1959) was active/lived in New York / England, United Kingdom.  Jacob Epstein is known for Modernist sculpture-monumental portrait, figure, flower painting.

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 Famous expressionist figurative sculptor Jacob Epstein was born of Russian and Polish parents in the United States on New York City's Lower East Side in 1880, but became an English citizen in 1907 after moving to London in 1905.  Epstein married Kathleen Garman in the 1920s.  He was knighted in 1954.

Epstein exhibited in the epoch-making Armory Show in 1913 in New York City. His fifteen-inch-high, smoothly-modeled bronze bust of Euphemia Lamb with sadly downcast eyenow in the collection of The Tate Gallery, London, England--was loaned to the Armory Show by the important collector John Quinn.  Epstein's piece was exhibited in Gallery A, devoted to American Sculpture and Decorative Art, with works by Andrew Dasburg, Chester Beach, Gaston Lachaise, Grace Mott Johnson, Mahonri Young and others.

Epstein sketched New York City as a teenager before studying, around 1900-1902, at the Art Students League there, at first during the day then at night, when he found e   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7224 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  21
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Jacob (Sir) Epstein
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Art-Talk "Salud to Russia!", "Zdorovye!" to June 2004 Soderberg, Paul Yes
21 Book References for Jacob (Sir) Epstein
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Sherman, Charlotte (Essay) With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection 38 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1987 Silber, Evelyn; Terry Friedman Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings 0 No
1987 Silbur, Evelyn Jacob Epstein: Catalogue Raisonne of his Sculpture 0 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1963 Buckle, R Jacob Epstein, Sculptor 0 Yes
1963 Buckle, R Jacob Epstein Sculptor 0 No
1963 Hutchison, Harold F London Transport Posters 0 Yes
1959 Cork, Richard Jacob Epstein 0 No
1948 Gardner, Helen Art Through the Ages (Third Edition) 851 Yes
1940 Joseph, Michael Let There Be Sculpture 0 No
1933 Bulliet, C J Art Masterpieces of the 1933 World's Fair The Art Institute of Chicago 170 No
1917 F. Levy, Editor Who's Who in Art, American Art Annual, 1917 715 No
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