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Eppe de Haan was born in Arnhem, Holland and studied art at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague. Originally a painter, he came to Pietrasanta to try his hand at carving marble in 1995. There he started carving in a studio in Querceta before joining SEM Studios where the artisans shared their skills and experience.

As a figurative painter his work followed a similar theme as he moved to carving in marble and he specialises in the nude figure and face fragments.

Eppe is a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.