Jacob Epstein Jacob Epstein Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged ideas on what was appropriate subject matter for public artworks. He also made paintings and drawings, and often exhibited his work. Epstein's parents, Max and Mary Epstein, were Polish Jewish refugees, living on New York's Lower East Side. His family was middle-class, and he was the third of five children. His interest in
Joseph Hepworth (tailor) further establishing shops to sell their suits direct to the public. By 1890 they employed 2,000 operatives who sold their stock through 107 shops. Joseph Hepworth died in Harrogate in 1911 and within 6 years of his death "Joseph Hepworth & Son" was the largest clothing manufacturer in the United Kingdom. Hepworth married Sarah Rhodes in 1855 they went on to have three sons and four daughters. Joseph Hepworth (tailor) Joseph Hepworth (1834–1911) was the clothing manufacturer who founded "Joseph Hepworth & Son", a company which grew to become the United Kingdom's largest clothing manufacturer and which is now known