About Jenny Dolfen
Born 1975. Jenny Dolfen is a German illustrator.
She is known for her artwork based on the Middle-earth works of J. R. R. Tolkien, chiefly The Silmarillion. Dolfen won the inaugural Tolkien Society Award in the category "best artwork" in 2014, for her watercolour painting "Eärendil the Mariner". Since then she has won awards in 2018 for "The Hunt", a depiction of Finrod Felagund going on a hunt with the Fëanoreans Maedhros and Maglor in Eastern Beleriand; and in 2020 the T-shirt design "The Professor", celebrating 50 years of The Tolkien Society, with Middle-earth characters and places within the outline of a pipe-smoking J. R. R. Tolkien.
Dolfen has made illustrations for George R. R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire, as documented in the 2005 book The Art of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
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Who is Jenny Dolfen?
German artist
When was Jenny Dolfen born?
Jenny Dolfen was born in 1975 in Bremerhaven.
What is Jenny Dolfen's occupation?
Jenny Dolfen is an illustrator.
What nationality is Jenny Dolfen?
Jenny Dolfen is German.
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