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Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield (England).
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She studied at the Wakefield Girls’ High School.
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She went to Leeds School of Arts with Henry Moore.
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She won a West Riding Scholarship and went to Italy.
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She married John Skeaping at Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.
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They moved to Rome and she learned to carve marble with Giovanni Ardini.
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They went back to London due to Skeaping’s poor health.
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They had a son: Paul Skeaping.
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Barbara and John got divorced.
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Barbara and Ben Nicholson had triplets.
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She married Ben Nicholson.
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Barbara and Ben got divorced.
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She purchased a cinema building which she changed into a studio.
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She died on a fire in her studio.