Background
Hepworth, Barbara was born on January 10, 1903 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of Herbert Raikes and Gertrude Allison (Johnson) Hepworth.
Hepworth, Barbara was born on January 10, 1903 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of Herbert Raikes and Gertrude Allison (Johnson) Hepworth.
Student Wakefield Girls High School, 1910-1919, Leeds School Art, 1919-1920, Royal College Art, London, 1920-1923. Traveling fellowship, Florence, Siena, Rome, 1923-1925. Doctor of Literature, U. Birmingham, 1960, U. Leeds, 1961, U. Exeter, 1966, U. Oxford, 1968, U. London, 1970.
; 1 son, Paul (deceased). Married second, Ben Nicholson (division 1951). Children—Simon, Rachel and Sarah (triplets).
Represented in permanent collections Museum Modern Art (New York City), Smith College Art, Detroit Museum Art. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Tate Gallery, London, Yale University Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Middelheimpark, Antwerp, Belgium, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Brazil, National Gallery to Canada, Ottawa, Vancouver (B.C., Canada) Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Riijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, Holland, museums of Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Wakefield, National Gallery of New Zealand, Washington University, St. Louis, Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen Art Foundation, Helsinki, Dag Hammarskjold Museum, Backakra, Sweden, United Nations, New York City. One-man exhibition in Lefevre Gallery (London), 1933-1952, Gimpel Fils, 1952-1971, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1966-1970.
Retrospective exhibition XXV Venice Biennale, 1950, Whitechapel Art Gallery London, England., 1954, 62, Sao Paulo 5th Biennial, 1959, Tate Gallery, London, 1968, Marlborough Gallery, New York City, 1974. Retrospective exhibition touring Scandinavia 1964-1965, HaKone Open-Air Museum, Japan, 1970. Exhibited outdoor sculpture in Battersea Park (London), Philadelphia, Varese (Italy), Middleheim Park (Antwerp), Holland Park (London).
Twentieth century sculpture exhibition at Philadelphia, Chicago, Museum Modern Art (New York City), 1952-1953. A 2d prize winner in International Sculpture Competition for The Unknown Political Prisoner, 1953. Grandprize, Sao Paulo Biennal, 1959.
Foreign Minister’s award at Mainichi Exhibition, 1963. Author monograph. Created dame commander Order British Empire. Honorary freeman Borough St. Ives, 1968.
Bard of Cornwall, 1968. Address: St. Ives, Cornwall England.
Married John Skeaping (divorced 1931).; married second, Ben Nicholson (divorced 1951). Children: Simon, Rachel and Sarah (triplets).