Archive Trail B

Archive Trail B

Can you follow this trail to piece together The Epstein-Garman Family Tree the Garman Epsteintree? family Margaret Dunlop (Peggy) b. 1873 - d. 1947 Married 1906 Informally adopted = Peggy Jean & Jackie Epstein Jacob Epstein b. 1880 - d. 1959 Married 1955 An = Kathleen Garman Theodore Garman b. 1901 - d. 1979 b. 1924 - d. 1954 archivist’s job is Esther Garman about finding or being b. 1929 - d. 1954 Archive Trail given historical information Kitty Garman Married 1948 ? Divorced 1954 and artefacts and objects. From b. 1926 = these, they work out who might Jacob Epstein Lucian Freud b. 1880 - d. 1959 b. 1922 have owned them, used them, Not married Anne Freud An or loved them. Or is there b. 1948 another relationship to Meum Lindsell Stewart these objects? Annabel Freud b. 1897 - d. 1957 archivist b. 1948 Peggy Jean Epstein Jacob Epstein investigates b. 1918 b. 1880 - d. 1959 Not married the ephemeraof life. Isabel Nicholas b. 1912 - d. 1992 Jackie Epstein b. 1934 - d. 2009 ? Archive Trail Floor 1 Animals & Birds : Meet Frisky This sculpture of Frisky is called ‘Lost’. The letter on display − Design a reward poster for Frisky. in the cupboards below the sculpture says Frisky went missing and a reward was offered for his safe return. − Who let us know that Frisky was found again? Archive Trail Floor 1 Main Hall : Meet Kathleen Below the sculpture is a letter that was sent to Kathleen. − Can you copy the address on the envelope here? − Can you find when this sculpture of Kathleen was made? − Who was the artist? − How has the letter been signed off? Archive Trail Floor 1 Landscapes room : Meet Theo Look in the cupboard on the wall. Here is a letter from Theo Theo asked for paint as he liked painting. This is one of his to his ‘Darling Mom’. Theo was studying away from home paintings called ‘Summer Garden, South Harting’ and wrote to his mom. − What 3 things does Theo want his mom to send? (Write them in the spaces on the letter below). − If you were away from home, what 3 things would you ask your mom to send to you? Archive Trail Ground Floor DiSCO : Meet Kitty − Draw the picture of Kitty that is nearest to your own age now. − How old is Kitty here? Have a look at all the photographs on the table below the pictures. Can you find out the relationship between Kathleen, Theo and Kitty? − Write their name in the boxes below like a family tree. When Kitty grew up she had her own children. Archive Trail Floor 2 Childrens portraits : Meet Anne and Annabel This is a sculpture of Anne and Annabel, Kitty’s daughters. Their father is the artist Lucien Freud. − Which daughter has her portrait on display here painted by her dad? − Kitty’s father drew Kitty. Find her portrait here. What is the name of her father, the artist? − What is the relationship between Kitty’s father to Anne and Annabel? Archive Trail The Family Tree Can you draw or write in the people in the missing spaces to complete the family tree with everything you have found out so far? Frisky the dog − Who could belong in the empty box? Archive Trail Floor 1 Portraits : Meet Esther Esther was the third child of Kathleen Garman and Jacob Epstein. There are more sculptures and paintings of Esther throughout the gallery, as there are of Kitty and Theo. Look at all the ones you can find in this room. − Can you also find the drawings of their dad? Archive Trail Floor 1 Archives : Meet Esther − Does learning about the Garman Epstein family inspire you to make some art? − Can you draw something here? The artist, Bob and Roberta Smith has been working with the archive curator at the gallery from 2009 to 2011. Together they have been exploring all the photos, letters and diaries from the Garman Epstein family and making lots of work about this exploration. Bob believes that the sculpture of Esther is like the Mona Lisa for Walsall. You can see some of it in this room. You can also do more research about him and the family in the library on the Mezzanine level of the gallery..

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