About Barbara Dorf
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 82–83). Barbara Dorf was a British painter.
Barbara Dorf (1933–2016) was a British artist known for her paintings of architectural subjects.
Biography Dorf was born and grew up in London and studied at the Central School of Art and Crafts in London and then at the Slade School of Fine Art until 1962. She painted architectural subjects in oil and watercolour and in charcoal drawings. Starting in 1978, Dorf had a series of solo shows at the Michael Parkin Gallery and also had solo shows at the Montpelier Sandelson Gallery in 1981 and a number of shows at the Mass Gallery from 1986. Kingston University holds an archive of Dorf's long-term correspondence with her friend, the author Iris Murdoch.
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Who was Barbara Dorf?
British artist
When was Barbara Dorf born?
Barbara Dorf was born in 1933 in London.
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Barbara Dorf died in 2016.
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Barbara Dorf was a painter.
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Barbara Dorf was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Barbara Dorf. https://biography.guide/barbara-dorf/
MLA: "Barbara Dorf." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/barbara-dorf/.
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