EPSTEIN, JACOB

(1880) sculptor; b. New York City of Ru ian Polish a rent age. He became a resident of ondon after studying his art under Rodin in Paris. ‘He developed a conception of sculpture, which departed from the Grecian and in its varied realism was a revolt against the general acceptance of Hellenic forms as models for modern art. A series of figures he executed in 1907-8 for the British Medical A ociation building in the Strand evoked strong criticism, notably from religious bodies, but they also had their defenders. His other work included the tomb of Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, carved in ture round Church Square in Pretor i a, Transvaal.