Hepworth studied at the Leeds School of Art where she met Henry Moore who became a lifelong friend and who inspired her in modernist sculpture. Following Leeds, she studied in Florence where she became influenced by continental abstractism.  Hepworth married Ben Nicholson on November 17^th, 1938 and the couple moved, with their triplets, to St. Ives when World War II broke out. 

It was in St. Ives that Hepworth established the ‘Trewyn Studios’ in St Ives from 1949 and they also established the Penwith Society of Arts whose founding co-members included Peter Lanyon (August 31^st) and Bernard Leach (May 6^th).

In the 1950s, Hepworth moved from working in stone and wood to sculpting with bronze and clay and established another, and much larger, studio in a disused cinema, the ‘Palais de Danse’ where she was able to create much larger works and where she began to experiment with lithography. 

Tragically, Hepworth died in an accidental fire at her Trewyn studios in 1975.