Dora Dolz

Dora Dolz studied at Willem de Kooning Academy. The field of work recorded is ceramic, ceramic art and studio glass. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rotterdam. Employment is recorded with Willem de Kooning Academy. Work by Dora Dolz is recorded in the collections of ASR art collection, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum Arnhem, Stichting Kunst in de Publieke Ruimte in Arnhem and Museum van Bommel van Dam. Distinctions recorded are Victorine Hefting Award, Wolfert van Borselenpenning, Jeanne Oosting Award and Judith Leyster Award.

• Name — Dora Dolz • Born — 5 November 1941 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 1 March 2008 (aged 66) • Place of death — Rotterdam, The Netherlands • Field — Ceramics • Training — Rotterdam Academy of Art • Awards — Wolfert van Borselenpenning

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. Her work is found in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Museum de Fundatie (Heino). There are sculptures by her in the center of Rotterdam, Rotterdam West, 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.

• 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.

• Illustration — Fauteuil, Beukelsdijk, Rotterdam • Illustration — Fauteuili, Hildegardisstraat, Rotterdam • Illustration — Fauteuil, 's-Gravendijkwal/Rochussenstraat, Rotterdam • Illustration — Chaise Longue in the park at the Euromast in Rotterdam • Illustration — Chaise Longue in Pijnacker

Dora Dolz is recorded with the occupation textile artist. Recorded as having received Victorine Hefting Award, Wolfert van Borselenpenning and Jeanne Oosting Award.