SCULPTOR

Jacob Epstein

1880 - 1959

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Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910. Early in his career, in 1912, The Pall Mall Gazette described Epstein as "a Sculptor in Revolt, who is in deadly conflict with the ideas of current sculpture." Revolting against ornate, pretty art, he made bold, often harsh and massive forms in bronze or stone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Epstein has received more than 570,743 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Epstein is the 188th most popular sculptor (down from 183rd in 2019), the 5,471st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,892nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Sculptor.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jacob Epstein ranks 188 out of 258. Before him are Eduardo Paolozzi, Hermann Obrist, Gregorio Fernández, Robert Jacobsen, Léon Delagrange, and Stepan Erzia. After him are Marisol Escobar, Mona Hatoum, Gerhard Marcks, Dennis Oppenheim, Lev Kerbel, and Anthony Caro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Jacob Epstein ranks 143. Before him are Cora Sandel, Lajos Bíró, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Konrad von Preysing, Conrad Albrecht, and Agha Petros. After him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Thomas H. Ince, Jesse L. Lasky, Seán O'Casey, Oswald Veblen, and Fred Alexander. Among people deceased in 1959, Jacob Epstein ranks 126. Before him are Benjamin Christensen, Franz Blücher, Boris Eikhenbaum, Sténio Vincent, Stepan Erzia, and Alfonso López Pumarejo. After him are Jerry Unser Jr., Sidney Robinson, Nicholas Charnetsky, Esfir Shub, Giuseppe Bottai, and Jean Grémillon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob Epstein ranks 5,471 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Benny (1894), Herbert Mullin (1947), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), Richard Moll (1943), Glen A. Larson (1937), and Pete Rose (1941). After him are Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Betty Holberton (1917), Christopher McDonald (1955), Terrence Howard (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), and Sandahl Bergman (1951).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Jacob Epstein ranks 8. Before him are Robert Smithson (1938), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Robert Morris (1931), Dan Flavin (1933), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), and Walter De Maria (1935). After him are Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Duane Hanson (1925), Daniel Chester French (1850), and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875).

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