Bust of Winston Churchill (Epstein) busts of Churchill, and a small bronze sculpture of Churchill with his wife Clementine, all by Oscar Nemon. Bust of Winston Churchill (Epstein) Jacob Epstein's bronze bust of Winston Churchill was completed in 1947. Epstein was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee to create a sculpture of former British prime minister Winston Churchill in August 1945, after the end of the Second World War and shortly after Churchill lost the 1945 UK general election. Two casts have been displayed in the Oval Office. Another remains on display in the atrium of Churchill College, Cambridge. Epstein applied to become a
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