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Also Known As Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth
Born January 10, 1903 • Wakefield • England
Died May 20, 1975 (aged 72) • Saint Ives • England
Movement / Style abstract art • Abstraction-Création

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The Family of Man sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, featuring abstract bronze geometric forms with circular openings, stands on grass with tall field grass and sky in the background.
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Frank Dobson working on a sculpture of British actress Margaret Rawlings.
Frank Dobson
British sculptor
Henry Moore
Henry Moore
British artist
Grinling Gibbons.
Grinling Gibbons
British sculptor
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Sir Anthony Caro
British sculptor
“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor
Aeschbacher, Hans
Hans Aeschbacher
Swiss sculptor
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Sir Jacob Epstein
British sculptor
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Eric Gill
British artist and printer
Stone, Nicholas, Sr.; and Stone, Nicholas, Jr.
Nicholas Stone, Sr.
English sculptor
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Ben Nicholson
British artist
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Reg Butler
English sculptor
Brock, Sir Thomas: Queen Victoria statue
Sir Thomas Brock
British sculptor
Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
American sculptor
William Zorach, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1943.
William Zorach
American sculptor
Milles, Carl: Europa and the Bull
Carl Milles
Swedish sculptor
Martini, Arturo: Judith and Holofernes
Arturo Martini
Italian sculptor
The Archangel Raphael
Veit Stoss
German sculptor
Despiau, Charles: portrait bust of Madame Stone
Charles Despiau
French sculptor
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John Bernard Flannagan
American sculptor

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