Jacob Epstein

JACOB EPSTEIN d1959. American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. After Epstein died, Henry Moore wrote a tribute in The Sunday Times ; "He took the brickbats, he took the insults, he faced the howls of derision with which artists since Rembrandt have learned to become familiar. And as far as sculpture in this century is concerned he took them first.... We have lost a great sculptor and a great man ..."