Jacob Epstein of friends, casual acquaintances, and even people dragged from the street into his studio almost at random. He worked even on his dying day. He also painted; many of his watercolours and gouaches were of Epping Forest, where he lived (at Loughton) and sculpted. These were often exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in London. His "Monkwood Autumn" and "Pool, Epping Forest" date from 1944–45. Epstein was Jewish, and negative reviews of his work sometimes took on an antisemitic flavour, though he did not attribute the "average unfavorable criticism" of his work to antisemitism. Epstein met Albert Einstein at Roughton Heath,
Barbara Epstein Epstein, together with friends Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick, founded the biweekly magazine "The New York Review of Books", which Barbara called "the paper". She and Robert B. Silvers became the editors. Barbara Epstein remained at the New York Review of Books as an editor for 43 years. The Epsteins divorced in 1990; Barbara Epstein lived with journalist Murray Kempton until his death in 1997. She continued in her editing until shortly before her death. Epstein died on June 16, 2006 of lung cancer in New York City at age 77. Barbara Epstein Barbara Epstein (August 30, 1928 – June