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Dora Gordine, FRBS (13 April 1895 – 29 December 1991) aka La Gordine, was an Estonian sculptor.〔"In May 1925 Dora exhibited a Bronze (503) at the Salon Nationale (closed at the end of August 1925). She gave her birthplace as 'Libau', her nationality as 'Esthoniene'..." (Dora Gordine ) Estonian Jewish Museum〕 ==Early career to 1939== Dora Gordine's childhood has not been well documented. There is confusion over her date of birth with various dates 1895 (likely), 1898 and 1906 mentioned. She was the youngest of four children born to Morduch ("Mark") Gordin and Esther (née Schepschelevitch) in Liepāja, Latvia, at a time when it was still part of the Russian Empire. Two of her siblings, Nikolai 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.〔''Columbia Encyclopedia'', 6th edition Gordin Family Document Archive 2001〕 She came to Paris to study music and art, making the acquaintance of Aristide Maillol. Then, surrounded by galleries and salons, she "instinctively felt a correlation between the rhythms of music and sculpture" and developed her sculptural vision. Gordin gallicised her surname by adding an "e". In 1925 she worked as a painter on a mural for the British Pavilion at the Decorative Arts Exhibition. It provided 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 of the head & torso of a Chinese philosopher earned enthusiastic reviews; ''The Straits Times'' (1932) wrote: ''"Like Byron, one morning Dora Gordine woke up famous"''. Between 1929 and 1935 she sculpted bronzes for the City Hall, Singapore.〔Kwok Kian Chow. Channels & Confluences: A History of Singapore Art. Singapore: National Heritage Board/Singapore Art Museum, 1996〕 Leicester Galleries in London presented Gordine's sculpture in a solo show in 1928. It was a huge success and all her work was sold, amongst which Javanese Head was bought by Samuel Courtauld for the Tate Gallery collection. In 1935, together with her husband Richard Hare, Gordine turned to architecture, designing Dorich House in Kingston. The building exhibits a modernist combination of vernacular, classical and eastern features. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dora Gordine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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