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Dora Gordine (8 June 1895 – 29 December 1991) was an Estonian Jewish Modernist figurative and portraitist sculptor. Her early career was influenced by the Noor Eesti (‘Young Estonia’) group of artists who favoured Art Nouveau. She moved to Paris and on her thired marriage to Hon.Richard Hare (1907–66), her career expanded to the extent that some critics regarded her as amongst the finest sculptors of her generation. She specialized in portrait sculptures attracting international admirers from the: political, social, artistic, literary and theatrical worlds. Her legacy also includes a number of public space pieces. Her latter career was not as prolific or as fêted and Gordine was relatively unknown at the time of her death. Major exhibitions in London in 2006 and 2009 have revived her stand

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  • Dora Gordine (8 June 1895 – 29 December 1991) was an Estonian Jewish Modernist figurative and portraitist sculptor. Her early career was influenced by the Noor Eesti (‘Young Estonia’) group of artists who favoured Art Nouveau. She moved to Paris and on her thired marriage to Hon.Richard Hare (1907–66), her career expanded to the extent that some critics regarded her as amongst the finest sculptors of her generation. She specialized in portrait sculptures attracting international admirers from the: political, social, artistic, literary and theatrical worlds. Her legacy also includes a number of public space pieces. Her latter career was not as prolific or as fêted and Gordine was relatively unknown at the time of her death. Major exhibitions in London in 2006 and 2009 have revived her standing and her former home is now a museum. (en)
  • Dora Gordine, connue aussi sous le pseudonyme de La Gordine ou de Gordina, née le 13 avril 1895, à Liepāja (Empire russe), et morte le 29 décembre 1991, à Kingston upon Thames (Royaume-Uni), est une sculptrice estonienne. (fr)
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  • 1895-06-08 (xsd:date)
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  • 1991-12-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Fellow of Royal British Society of Sculptors , Society of Portrait Sculptors (en)
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  • 1895-06-08 (xsd:date)
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  • 1991-12-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK (en)
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  • Painting, sculpture, interior design (en)
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  • Dora Gordine (en)
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  • Estonian (en)
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  • Happy Baby, Mother and Child, head sculptures, Dorich House (en)
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  • Dora Gordine, connue aussi sous le pseudonyme de La Gordine ou de Gordina, née le 13 avril 1895, à Liepāja (Empire russe), et morte le 29 décembre 1991, à Kingston upon Thames (Royaume-Uni), est une sculptrice estonienne. (fr)
  • Dora Gordine (8 June 1895 – 29 December 1991) was an Estonian Jewish Modernist figurative and portraitist sculptor. Her early career was influenced by the Noor Eesti (‘Young Estonia’) group of artists who favoured Art Nouveau. She moved to Paris and on her thired marriage to Hon.Richard Hare (1907–66), her career expanded to the extent that some critics regarded her as amongst the finest sculptors of her generation. She specialized in portrait sculptures attracting international admirers from the: political, social, artistic, literary and theatrical worlds. Her legacy also includes a number of public space pieces. Her latter career was not as prolific or as fêted and Gordine was relatively unknown at the time of her death. Major exhibitions in London in 2006 and 2009 have revived her stand (en)
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  • Dora Gordine (en)
  • Dora Gordine (fr)
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