Barbara Hepworth: A Pioneer of Organic Abstraction Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) stands as one of the most influential figures in British sculpture of the 20th century, a sculptor whose uncompromising vision reshaped artistic conventions and cemented her place among the vanguard of modernist art. Born Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth in Wakefield, Yorkshire, she descended from a family steeped in tradition—her father was a civil engineer for t…