Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge b. 22 August 1869

Also known as Dora Ohlfsen, Adela Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sculptor and painter who lived and worked throughout Europe from 1880s. She re-visited Australia several times to exhibit her medallions but lived out her life in Italy where she was patronised by the Fascist regime. Among her works Ohlfsen-Bagge produced a large medallion relief portrait of Mussolini but her most important commission was probably a war memorial for Formia in 1924-26.
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exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian women's art in the National Library collections
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Description

Opened by Andrea Stretton, 7 March 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
Website
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/127516441
exhibited at
Through Women's Eyes
Date
30 July 1994 - 30 June 1995
Place
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
[exhibition of medallions]
Date
1913
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Royal Art Society
Date
1912
Place
Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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See alsos [<ExternalResource: 'Heritage: Section 10, plate 424'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Miss Dora Ohlfsen, the Australian Sculptor Who Has Won Fame on the Continent, photograph from Australian Woman's Mirror, 1925-08-04.', Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: 10 June 1908 digitised newspaper article>, <ExternalResource: 14 January 1893 digitised newspaper article>] [<ExternalResource: 'Heritage: Section 10, plate 424'.>, <ExternalResource: 'Miss Dora Ohlfsen, the Australian Sculptor Who Has Won Fame on the Continent, photograph from Australian Woman's Mirror, 1925-08-04.', Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Sydney.>]