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Barbara Hepworth
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mrs. John Rattenbury Skeaping, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Mrs. Ben Nicholson, Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth, Barbara, Dame Hepworth, Barbara Hepworth Dame, Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth
English sculptor (1903–1975)
Key facts
- Born
- Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth , ( 1903-01-10 ) 10 January 1903, Wakefield , Wrenthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Died
- 20 May 1975 (1975-05-20) (aged 72), St Ives , Cornwall, England
- Education
- Wakefield Girls' High School Leeds School of Art Royal College of Art
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Movement
- Modernism , abstract art
- Spouses
- John Skeaping ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1933 ) Ben Nicholson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1951 )
- Children
- 4, including Simon Nicholson
- Website
- www .barbarahepworth .org .uk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wakefield
- Place of death
- St Ives
- Spouse
- Ben Nicholson
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta II
- Field of work
- art of sculpture
- Genre
- public art
- Movement
- Catalan modernism
- Official website
- barbarahepworth.org.uk
- Image
- Barbara Hepworth (1966) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg
- Work location
- St Ives
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- 1975-05-20
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- name in native language
- Barbara Hepworth
- ethnic group
- British
- start of work period
- 1924-01-01
- end of work period
- 1975-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.
Born in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Hepworth studied at Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in the 1920s. She married the sculptor John Skeaping in 1925. In 1931 she fell in love with the painter Ben Nicholson, and in 1933 divorced Skeaping. At this time she was part of a circle of modern artists centred on Hampstead, London, and was one of the founders of the art movement Unit One.
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