Dame Barbara Hepworth
Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903 - 1975)
Born on January 10, 1903, Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Died on May 20, 1975 in St. Ives, Cornwall, England at the age of 72, became a Dame in 1965
She was a Modern artist sculptor, and was one of the only women of this time to achieve fame
Hepworth married fellow artist Ben Nicholson in 1938, and they had triplets!
Barbara Hepworth was famous for sculpting abstract art out of wood, stone, and later in her career, bronze. She lived in a costal town in England, and her works were inspired by the land and sea around her. You can learn more about Pelagos in this SmartHistory video. This video shows Hepworth carving her sculptures in 1953, and this video is an interview with her three years before she died. If you visit England, you can go to the Barbara Hepworth Museum in her hometown of St. Ives, or see her works at the Tate in London. You can view many of her works online and learn more about her life on Google Arts & Culture. On August 25, 2020, Barbara Hepworth gained new attention when she was highlighted as a Google Doodle.
What do you notice? ✏️ What do you wonder? ✏️ What do you like or dislike?
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