Person    | Female  Born 8/6/1895  Died 29/12/1991

Dora Gordine

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Latvia

Born Latvia. First visited London in 1926. The Picture Source website provides a biography. Married Richard Hare and built, with him, Dorich House which is where she died and is now a museum.

For more information on this sculptor we suggest the book ‘Working Against the Grain: Women Sculptors in Britain c.1885-1950’ by Pauline Rose.

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Dora Gordine

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Sun Yat-Sen

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Rebecca Hawkins
1 memorial
Joseph Nollekens

Joseph Nollekens

Sculptor. Born and died in London, son of a Flemish painter.

Person, Sculpture

3 memorials
George Edward Wade

George Edward Wade

Born London, baptized at the church where his father was rector, St Anne's Soho. Died at home, 30 Hyde Park Street. In the picture Wade is front left.

Person, Sculpture

7 memorials
David Evans

David Evans

Sculptor, born near Manchester.  Other work in London includes: replacements for Gog and Magog, statues in Guildhall which were destroyed in WW2; the relief panel on the Methodist Missionary Societ...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Tomas Bañuelos
1 memorial

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Dorothy

Dorothy

Comic opera set in rural Kent in 1740. The plot surrounds the Squire's daughter, Dorothy and her cousin Lydia, who, tired of the social rounds, decide to pose as villagers during the festival of th...

Event, Theatre

1 memorial
Jubilee Walkway

Jubilee Walkway

The first phase of what was initially called the Silver Jubilee Walkway was opened by the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the South Bank Lion, in 1977. The unveiling of panels marking new sections ...

Place, Tourism / Traditions

6 memorials
Blackheath Station

Blackheath Station

Railway station served by trains from London and the North Kent and Bexleyheath lines. It was built using London Brick to a design by George Smith.

Building, Property, Transport

1 memorial
Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

Events for this day (27 January every year) are organised by The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust which exists so that we learn the lessons of the past to build a better future now. It is responsible f...

Event, History, Tragedy, Austria, Germany, Poland

15 memorials
George Richmond

George Richmond

History and portrait painter. Born: Brompton. Died London. Buried Highgate Cemetery (the new, east, section)

Person, Art

1 memorial