About Dora Holzhandler
Lived 1928 – 2015 (aged 86–87). Dora Holzhandler was a British painter.
Dora Holzhandler (22 March 1928 – 8 October 2015) was a French-born British painter based in London.
Biography Dora Holzhandler was born to Jewish-Polish parents (Sehia Holzhandler, handbag maker and Ruchla Rocheman a singer and seamstress) in Paris, France, and came to live in London when she was six years old.
In 1941 she moved to Suffolk with her mother and attended the West Suffolk County School in Bury St Edmunds.
She painted in the naive style, influenced by Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse.
Her paintings are on display in the Museum of Modern Art in Glasgow, Scotland and the Jewish Museum London.
Holzhandler befriended violinist Nigel Kennedy in 2012 after inviting him to a gallery private view, later painting his portrait.
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Who was Dora Holzhandler?
British artist (1928-2015)
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Dora Holzhandler was born in 1928 in Paris.
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Dora Holzhandler died on 8 October 2015 in London.
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Dora Holzhandler was a painter.
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Dora Holzhandler was British.
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