Hepworth Prize for Sculpture Hepworth Prize for Sculpture The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture is a biennial prize for sculpture named for Barbara Hepworth and awarded by The Hepworth Wakefield. The prize seeks to recognise "a British or UK-based artist of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture". The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture was launched by The Hepworth Wakefield in October 2015, as part of the celebrations marking the gallery's 5th anniversary. It has a prize value of £30,000 and will be awarded every two years. A five-strong judging panel chaired by
Philip Hepworth planned the layout of his cemeteries only after intensive consultations with gardeners. Historian Philip Longworth, author of a history of the Commission, gave his view on Hepworth's Commission work in a 1963 obituary: Hepworth died in a London hospital on 21 February 1963. Obituaries were published in volume 70 of the "RIBA Journal" and in volume 204 of "The Builder". Philip Hepworth Philip Dalton Hepworth (12 March 1888 – 21 February 1963) was a British architect. He studied in both the UK and France, at the Architectural Association School of Architecture and the École des Beaux-Arts, and returned to work