Dora Gordine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dora Gordine

British artist

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1895

Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1991

Profession: architect, painter, sculptor

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 second 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 fated 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.