A fine, original Dora Holzhandler Gouache painting.
A wonderfully striking piece, the subject dressed in vibrant purple surrounded by foliage.
Singed Dora Holzhandler bottom right and dated 86. The picture is framed in a contemporary white wooden frame under glass.
Measurements:
Frame - 53cm x 43cm
Picture - 39cm x 29cm
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About the artist:
Born in Paris in 1928 into a family of Polish refugees, Dora Holzhandler was later sent to live with a foster family on a farm in Normandy. She returned to her Jewish family when she was 5 before the family moved to London in 1934. Though she endured the War in England, much of her extended family perished at Auschwitz. In 1948, she attended the Anglo-French Art School in St. John’s Wood.
Her childhood memories and Jewish roots permeate her work, as do her Buddhist beliefs, and she claims that “now, as a Buddhist, I can really enjoy being Jewish.” Holzhandler’s innocent art has many fans, including Irish writer Edna O’Brien, television art historian Sister Wendy Beckett and comedian Jack Dee amongst others.