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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Laura Symes

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John Penfold

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Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

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4 memorials