Dora Dolz

Dora Dolz de Herman (Barcelona, 5 November 1941 - Rotterdam, 1 March 2008) was a Spanish-Dutch artist, best known for her outdoor ceramic works in the form of chairs and sofas.

Life and work Dolz grew up in Barcelona, where her father had a booth at the flea market. In 1965 she moved to the Netherlands when her husband wanted to pursue a PhD in economics at the Tinbergen Institute. Between 1967 and 1971 she studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Art, where she was a lecturer herself from the 1980s.

As an artist Dolz mainly produced paintings, ceramics, glassware, rugs, which were often pictured in flamboyant colors form. Recurring themes (leitmotifs) in these works were birth, life, suffering and death. Rotterdam North, Capelle aan den IJssel, Schiedam, Tiel and Groningen.

In 1988 Dotz received the Victorine Heftingprijs, and in January 2008 the municipality of Rotterdam awarded her the Wolfert van Borselen medal. She was awarded the Judith Leysterprize three times, the third time in 1992.

Her daughter is the filmmaker Sonia Herman Dolz, who in 2005 made a movie portrait about her called Portrait of Dora Dolz.

Exhibitions, a selection 1973. Gallery 't Venster, Rotterdam. 1975. Salon der Maassteden, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. 1975. Dora Dolz and Guus de Ruyter, De Doelen Rotterdam. 1977. Gallery da Costa, Amsterdam 1981. Gallery Alto, Rotterdam. 1986. Salon D T' EEN, Gallery De lachende Koe, Rotterdam. 1987. Leda en de Zwaan, Gallery De lachende Koe Rotterdam 1992. Keramisch werk en schilderijen van Dora Dolz, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch. 2005. Galerij Erasmus, Complex Hoboken, Rotterdam. 2007-08. Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

Gallery Sculptures

Fauteuils and chaise Longues