John Skeaping is pictured with Hepworth in Florence along with his friends Tom Monnington (far left) and his wife Winifred Knights (at the far right).
Skeaping, John (9 Jun 1901 to – 5 March 1980) sculptor and illustrator, best known for equine sculptures and how to draw animal volumes. Attended the school at the age of 13 in 1914 and learnt modelling with Frederic Halnon (assistant to Alfred Druary whose sculpture of Reynolds is in the courtyard of the RA). First husband of Barbara Hepworth. Prix de Rome winner in 1927. Taught Agatha Christie in the late 1920’s. See more - here
