Barbara Hepworth

Sculptor

Birthday January 10, 1903

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE May 20, 1975 (72)

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About

English sculptor whose work is said to exemplify Modernism. She sculpted Family of Man, located in Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Before Fame

She studied at the Royal College of Art and and then studied in Italy.

Trivia

A £35 million museum dedicated to her opened in Britain in May 2011.

Family Life

She married painter Ben Nicholson in 1938.

Associated With

She and Anthony Caro are both sculptors from England.