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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Dora Gordine
Sun Yat-Sen, 1866 - 1925, father of the Chinese Republic, lived in a house on...
Sculptor, at one time assistant to Matthew Noble. Born Shrewsbury. Father to Paul.
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
Sculptor. Among her works are the statue of Lord Nelson at Greenwich and a bust of Diana, Princess of Wales.
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
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