Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth was born January 10, 1903 in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Barbara studied art at the Leeds School of Art, and then in 1921 at the Royal College School of Art. She was great friends with Henry Moore and she married fellow sculptor, John Skeaping in 1924. Her marriage to him ended in 1933. She married Ben Nicholson in 1931 and unfortunately her marriage to him ended in 1951. She learned the principle of carving in Rome. Barbara moved to St. Ives, Cornwall in 1939 and founded the Penwith Society in 1949. She became Dame Barbara Hepworth in 1965. Sadly, Barbara died in 1975 when she was trapped in a fire in her studio. Her studio is currently a museum dedicated to her work.
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