Dora Holzhandler

1928-2015

Born in Paris in 1928
She and her family were Jewish refugees fostered with a Polish farming family
She studies literature at the Sorbonne and Art at La Grande Chaumiere

Solo Exhibitions
1960 Chenil Gallery, London, England
1962 Portal Gallery, London, England
1971 Langton Gallery, London England
1973 Langton Gallery, London England
1976 Langton Gallery, London England
1977 Langton Gallery, London England
1980 Crane Arts, London, England
1985 Crane Kalman Gallery, London, England
Beaux Arts, Bath, England
Graham Modern Gallery, New York, USA
1987 Rona Gallery, London, England
1989 Rona Gallery, London, England
1990 Beaux Arts, Bath, England
Rona Gallery, London, England
1991 Holland Gallery, London, England
1992 The Sternberg Centre, London, England
Rona Gallery, London, England
Bowmoore Gallery, London, England
1993 Holland Gallery, London, England
Rebbeca Hossack Gallery, London, England
1994 Jewish Museum, Manchester, England
Rona Gallery, London, England
1996 Beaux Arts, Bath, England
Piano Noble, London, England
1997 Rona Gallery, London, England
Piano Nobile, London, England
1998 Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, USA
1999 "Angels and Demons", Jewish Museum, London, England
"Godesses, Lovers, and Rabbis", Piano Nobile, London, England
2001 "New Paintings and Works on Paper", Piano Nobile, London, England.
2004 The Dance of Life and Love, Piano Nobile, London, England.
2005 The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
2006 Paintings from St Ives to Jerusalem, Piano Nobile, London Jewish,Museum of Art, London, England.
2007 Clark Art, Hale, Cheshire
2008 Lovers in Cornwall and Other Paintings, Piano Nobile, London, England
2010 The St John’s Wood Art School & The Anglo-French Art Centre,Boundary Gallery, London, England

Group Exhibitions
1949 "Young Contemporaries", RBA Galleries, London, England
1954 Beaux Arts Gallery, London, England
1958 John Moores Exhibiton, Liverpool, England
1967 Grosvenor Gallery, London, England
1972 Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1976 Galerie de Beerenburght, Eck en Wiel, The Netherlands
1977 London University
1979 Royal Festival Hall, London, England
1984 Royal Festival Hall, London, England
1986 Musee Municipal Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France
Galerie Paul Valery, Sete, France
Galerie de Salles, Nimes, France
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France
1987 Galerie Antoinette, Paris, France
1996 Boundary Gallery, London, England
1997 Royal Scottish Museum, Scotland
1998 Outsider Art exhibition at Orleans House, Richmond, England

Public Collections
Brighton Art Gallery and Museum, England
Musee d’Art Naif Anatole Kakovsky, Nice, France
The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
The Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
The Museum of London, England
The Nuffield Foundation, England
The St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow, Scotland
The Sternberg Centre, London, England
The Ben Uri Art Collection, London, Enlgand

Bibliography
"Dora Holzhandler", Philip Vann, Penguin

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