Jacob Epstein. Rebel-angel - ACE168.6

Movietone News item on Adam at Blackpool. Lewis on the "sideshow deal" at Blackpool. Newsreel item of Genesis at auction; sold for £4,200 to the art exhibition on Blackpool Promenade. Madonna and Child (1950-1952) at the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, Cavendish Square, modelled on pianist Marcella Barzetti, who talks about Epstein feeling "an outsider". Photograph of Epstein; Silber talks about Epstein’s acceptance in the 1950s; photograph of Christ in Majesty (1957) at Llandaff Cathedral; St Michael’s Victory Over the Devil. Silber relates all these works to the need for "gravitas" in post-war reconstruction. Epstein and wife Kathleen at Buckingham Palace on the occasion of his knighthood in 1954. Lewis explains what this honour meant to him. First bust of Epstein’s daughter Esther (1944); Epstein’s VO describes this as his best work. A bust of Kathleen. Joffé on Kathleen’s relationship with Epstein. Photograph of the couple. Geoffrey Ireland, Photographer. Photographs of Epstein working on the 1939-1945 War Memorial (1956-1957) on the Trades Union Congress building, London. Lewis on correspondence with her father, in particular a letter in which he described his work on the War Memorial. The completed sculpture. Ireland talks about Epstein’s fear that he might not live to finish the work. The Bowater House Group, completed on the day of Epstein’s death in 1959. Lewis talks about his last moments. Silbert talks about his career and reputation. Tomb of Oscar Wilde, Ecce Homo, and other pieces with Epstein’s words on his work over. Credits.