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JOCELYN BARBARA HEPWORTH(1903-1975)

Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), English sculptor.

Born on May 20th, 1903, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, she studied at Leeds School of Art (where she became friends with Henry Moore), the Royal College of Art, London, and in Italy.

One of her most prestigious works was "Single Form" (1961-1964), a memorial to the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskj�ld, at the United Nations building at New York City.

She was married to the sculptor John Skeaping (1901-1980), then the painter Ben Nicholson.

Her home in St Ives, Cornwall is now the Barbara Hepworth Museum. This is where she died in a fire in her studio on January 10th, 1975.

As well as St Ives her work can be seen at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton, West Yorkshire, and at Churchill College, Cambridge.

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Death of the artist Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth in a fire in her studio

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