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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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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
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, c. 1960.
Jean Arp
French artist
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Sir Jacob Epstein
British sculptor
Eric Gill
British artist and printer
Stone, Nicholas, Sr.; and Stone, Nicholas, Jr.
Nicholas Stone, Sr.
English sculptor
Ben Nicholson
British artist
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
John Bernard Flannagan
American sculptor

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