Jacob Epstein
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English: Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was an American-born Jewish sculptor who worked chiefly in the UK, where he pioneered modern sculpture, often producing controversial works that challenged taboos concerning what public artworks appropriately depict.
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Sir Jacob Epstein, 1934. Photo: Carl Van Vechten
Works
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Day and Night, carved for the London Electric Railway headquarters, were considered too shocking when they were unveiled
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St Michael's Victory over the Devil (1958), in Coventry
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Statue of Jan Smuts in Parliament Square, London
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