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Contemporaries

Amadeo Modigliani (1884 – 1920)

Modigliani was a the forefront of the expressionist movement and was a long-term friend of and collaborator with Epstein.

Andre Derain (1880 – 1954)

A French artist most active between the First and Second World Wars and along with Matisse and Vlaminck formed the Fauvist movement.

Augustus John (1878 – 1961)

A celebrated British painter who is known for his portraits and his paintings of the Western Front during the First World War.

David Lloyd-George (1863 – 1945)

David Lloyd-George was elected to the British Parliament in 1890 and became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1908.

Eric Gill (1882 – 1940)

The world-famous British artist, engraver and typographer, who is well know for his eponymous 'Gill Sans' family of typefaces.

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891 – 1915)

Best known for his carved sculptures, Gaudier-Brzeska was one of the leading artists in the French cubist movement.

Henry Moore (1898 – 1968)

Arguably one of Britain's most well known and prolific sculptors, and was involved in the post-war Cubist and Surrealist movements.

T S Eliot (1880 – 1965)

Eliot was a poet, editor and critic who, like Epstein, moved to England from America and took British citizenship.