Jacob Epstein - Artist Info

About Jacob Epstein

  • Biography

    Jacob Epstein was born in Poland and studied at the State Institute of the Arts in Lviv, where he took part in a number of exhibitions, including the large exhibition of Ukrainian art 'Since the XI century until today' in Kiev. He was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lviv and worked additionally as a conservator and restorer of Ukrainian buildings and sculptures.

    Epstein lived in Poland from 1957 to 1959, where he received a scholarship by the Polish minister for Art and Culture. He emigrated to Israel in 1959, where he settled in Bat-Yam. He was one of the founders of the Bat-Yam Plastic Art Institute and the director of the department of sculptures. He was a member of the Israel Painters and Sculpt...

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