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One of the earliest sculptors to look outside Europe for inspiration, Jacob Epstein was known primarily for his portrait sculptures and monuments. Born in 1880 in New York, he forayed into sculpting in 1899 under George Grey Bernard. He went to Paris in 1902, studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and the Academie Julian. Three years later, he moved to London and became a British citizen. Epstein came into contact with leading contemporary...
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One of the earliest sculptors to look outside Europe for inspiration, Jacob Epstein was known primarily for his portrait sculptures and monuments. Born in 1880 in New York, he forayed into sculpting in 1899 under George Grey Bernard. He went to Paris in 1902, studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and the Academie Julian. Three years later, he moved to London and became a British citizen. Epstein came into contact with leading contemporary artists in the following decade, including Picasso, Brancusi and Modigliani. His representational sculptures stood out as particularly remarkable in a time of Cubism and abstraction.
After 1916, Epstein lived and worked in London for the rest of his life, exhibiting frequently at the Leicester Galleries. His sculptures include those of Rabindranath Tagore (1926), Albert Einstein (1933), Jawaharlal Nehru (1948), and the Maharaja and Maharani of Baroda, among others. According to Epstein, "Intellectually it [sculpture] requires a far greater effort of concentration to visualize a work in the round... in carving there is absolute finality about every movement. It is impossible to rub out and begin again." Epstein used 'direct carving', where "the actual process of carving suggests the final form rather than a carefully worked out preliminary model." (tate.org) In 1953, he was honoured with a retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, by the Arts Council, and knighted the following year. His major public sculptures are to be found in London, Oxford and Coventry in England, and in Wales.
Jacob Epstein was knighted in 1954. He passed away in London in 1959.
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1880
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1959
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Lot 3
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Absolute Tuesdays
25 August 2020
Untitled
Bronze
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Rs 4,25,055
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