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 Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Her work also may be seen at: In 1951 Hepworth was commissioned by the Arts Council to create a piece for the Festival of Britain. The resulting work featured two Irish limestone figures entitled, "Contrapuntal Forms" (1950), which was displayed on London's South Bank. To complete the large-scale piece Hepworth hired her first assistants, Terry Frost, Denis Mitchell, and John Wells. From 1949 onwards she worked with assistants, sixteen in all. One of her most prestigious works is "Single Form", which was made in memory of her friend and collector of her works, the former Secretary