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1906 Liepaja, Latvia - 1991 London, England. Known for: Sculpture, portrait, figure, relief.
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Dora Gordine (b. 1895 or 1898 or 1906 - 1991). A portrait, figure, and relief sculptor, she worked in stone as well as bronze. Gordine was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark")... Read full biography
Dora Gordine (b. 1895 or 1898 or 1906 - 1991). A portrait, figure, and relief sculptor, she worked in stone as well as bronze. Gordine was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark") Gordin and Esther (née Schepschelevitch) in Liepaja, Latvia at a time when it was still part of the... Read full biography
Dora Gordine (b. 1895 or 1898 or 1906 - 1991). A portrait, figure, and relief sculptor, she worked in stone as well as bronze. Gordine was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark") Gordin and Esther (née Schepschelevitch) in Liepaja, Latvia at a time when it was still part of the Russian Empire. Two of her siblings, Nicolai and Anna, died at the hands of the Nazis in Tallinn, Estonia in 1941. Another brother, Leopold, escaped and lived in London until his death. She went to Paris,... Read full biography
Dora Gordine (b. 1895 or 1898 or 1906 - 1991). A portrait, figure, and relief sculptor, she worked in stone as well as bronze. Gordine was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark") Gordin and Esther (née Schepschelevitch) in Liepaja, Latvia at a time when it was still part of the Russian Empire. Two of her siblings, Nicolai and Anna, died at the hands of the Nazis in Tallinn, Estonia in 1941. Another brother, Leopold, escaped and lived in London until his death. She went to Paris, France to study music and art but sound found sculpture to be her calling. In 1925, she worked as a painter on a mural for the British Pavilion at the Decorative Arts Exhibition which gave her the means to cast a bronze for exhibition at the Beaux... Read full biography
Dora Gordine (b. 1895 or 1898 or 1906 - 1991). A portrait, figure, and relief sculptor, she worked in stone as well as bronze. Gordine was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark") Gordin and Esther (née Schepschelevitch) in Liepaja, Latvia at a time when it was still part of the Russian Empire. Two of her siblings, Nicolai and Anna, died at the hands of the Nazis in Tallinn, Estonia in 1941. Another brother, Leopold, escaped and lived in London until his death. She went to Paris, France to study music and art but sound found sculpture to be her calling. In 1925, she worked as a painter on a mural for the British Pavilion at the Decorative Arts Exhibition which gave her the means to cast a bronze for exhibition at the Beaux Arts Society. The following year she was invited to exhibit at the Salon des Tuileries where her design... Read full biography
