Kathleen Esther Garman, Lady Epstein was the third of the seven Garman sisters, who were high-profile members of artistic circles in mid-20th century London, renowned for their beauty and scandalous behaviour. She was the model and longtime mistress of British/American sculptor Jacob Epstein, and eventually his second wife. They met in 1921 and immediately began a relationship that lasted until Epstein's death and produced three of Epstein's five children. Their daughter, Kitty Garman, was the first wife of Lucian Freud; their son was the artist Theodore Garman.
Kathleen Garman
Bronze sculpture of Kathleen Garman by Jacob Epstein, titled Kathleen and made in 1935, while she was his mistress, now at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Sir Jacob Epstein was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910.
Jacob Epstein, photographed in 1921 by George Charles Beresford
A type of a laboring man from The Spirit of the Ghetto, 1902
Monument of Oscar Wilde.
Epstein's 1913 sculpture Rock Drill in its original form.