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Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York, of Polish-Jewish parentage. Suffering from pleurisy as a child, became interested in drawing during a long period of illness. He attended art classes at the Art Students League of New York in 1896 and 1899, working in a bronze foundry during the day and studying drawing and sculptural modeling at night. At 1902 he received a Scholarship in Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux Arts and the Académie Julian. Epstein settled in London in 1905 and became a British citizen in 1907. He met Picasso, Brancusi and Modigliani in Paris in 1912-13. He then returned to England and worked near Hastings from 1913 to 1916. After 1916 he lived and worked in London for the rest of his life. Epstein is undoubtedly one of the most important British artists of the 20th Century.
His works are represented worldwide at main museums and galleries including Tate Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Conneticut, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Museum National d´Art Moderne, Paris, National Gallery of Canada, Detroit Institute of Arts, Brooklyn Museum, New York and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Literature: Thieme-Becker, vol X, pp 585-86; Vollmer, vol 2, p. 45 and vol 5, p. 461-62; Jacob Epstein, Epstein: An Autobiography, London 1955; Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Jacob Epstein with a Complete Catalogue, Oxford 1986; Evelyn Silber and Terry Friedman, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings, exhibition catalogue, Leeds City Art Galleries and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 1987 (The Henry Moore Foundation).
A very aesthetical and most appealing work, which he threw over the paper with a rough carpenter's pencil, demonstrating his skills for drawing. Depicting the two beautiful Indian girls "Sunita" and "Antita", which also been model for some of his outstanding sculptures. Comparable drawings by the artist can be found at the collection of the Tate Gallery in London. Fine original condition.
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