The Epsteins

Chatskel Barntovsky (1859-1941) emigrated in 1870 from Augustów, Poland, to New York and became Max Epstein in New York (An elder brother had immigrated earlier, and assumed his wife's surname of Epstein). Max married Mary Solomon in the 1870s. Among their children was Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), who studied art in France, became a British subject in 1911. Another of their children was Sylvia Epstein Press (1895-1980), a famous dress designer in New York City. Includes a major interpretive article about Sir Jacob Epstein and his sculpture by Jane F. Babson.