Jacob Epstein: Rebel Angel

Synopsis

Using newsreel footage, stills and interviews traces Epstein’s life from his childhood in New York’s East Side Jewish quarter until his death in 1959. Contributors include art historian Dr Evelyn Silber, critic Richard Cork, film director Roland Joffe, sculptors Antony Gormley and Glynn Williams and Epstein’s daughter Peggy Jean Lewis. Includes shots of all his major architectural works, portrait busts and uncommissioned pieces.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1987

Availability

Hire

Uses

General audiences; students of sculpture.*

Keywords

biographies; Epstein, Jacob (1880-1959); sculpture; sculpture - British

Credits

Director

Catherine Collis

Producer

Jim Barrow

Production Company

Name

Central Independent Television

Notes

use Carlton UK Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.