Epstein - Sir Jacob Epstein

Japanese: エプスタイン - えぷすたいん(英語表記)Sir Jacob Epstein
Epstein - Sir Jacob Epstein

British sculptor. Born in New York to Russian and Polish parents. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and then moved to France. He studied at the Paris Art School and also studied under Rodin, and was interested in ancient Egyptian sculpture at the Louvre. He lived in London since 1905, and introduced the avant-garde French sculpture of the time to Britain. In 1908, he created 18 sculptures for the building of the Royal Medical Association, which seem to have been influenced by Egypt and Assyria. He also worked on many religious subjects, such as "Genesis" and "Christ". He produced many works after that, and one of the characteristics of his works is that he carved directly into stone, cast iron, bronze, etc., leaving each material raw, and distorting the forms from realism, which is probably due to his strong emotions and will. He had a great influence on the conservative British sculpture world at that time.

[Kenjiro Okamoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの彫刻家。ロシア・ポーランド系の両親の子としてニューヨークに生まれる。同地のアート・スチューデンツ・リーグで学び、ついで渡仏。パリで美術学校に学ぶと同時にロダンに師事し、また、ルーブル美術館で古代エジプト彫刻に興味をひかれた。1905年以来ロンドンに住むことになり、当時のフランス彫刻の前衛をイギリスに紹介することになった。08年、イギリス医学協会の建物のために18個の彫像を制作したが、これにはエジプトやアッシリアの影響と思われるものがうかがえる。また『創世記』『キリスト』など宗教的題材も多く手がけた。以後多くの作品を制作するが、その特徴の一つは直刻で、石彫、塑像、ブロンズなど、それぞれの材質を生のままに残し、強い感情と意志から出る写実を離れた形態のひずみであろう。保守的な当時のイギリス彫刻界に大きな影響を与えた。

[岡本謙次郎]

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