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Sir Jacob Epstein: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born November 10, 1880 • New York City • New York
Died August 21, 1959 (aged 78) • London • England
Notable Works “Saint Michael and the Devil” • “The Rock Drill”
Movement / Style Vorticism

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Epstein, Sir Jacob
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Jacob Epstein, 1949.
Epstein, Sir Jacob: St. Michael and the Devil
Jacob Epstein in work clothes sculpts a clay bust of actress Anna Neagle, who sits posing in a gown beside the sculpture in his Hyde Park studio.
Epstein, Sir Jacob
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
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Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
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Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
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saltcellar of Francis I
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Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
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Lysippus
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Germain Pilon
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Marino Marini.
Marino Marini
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
French sculptor
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Charles Despiau
French sculptor
Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
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Henry Moore
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