Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge b. 1870

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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Agnes Gladys Holman
Artist, Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor)
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Nellie Stewart
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Lord Chelmsford
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child of
Kate Harison
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child of
Christian Herm Ohlfsen-Bagge
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relative of
Robert Howe
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Heléne de Kuegelgen
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Max Volgrich
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Henri Kowalski
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Moritz Moszkowski
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Pierre Dautel
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Sir James Fairfax
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General Peppino Garibaldi
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Franco Mussolini
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Alfred Frederick Kursteiner
1869
Artist (Painter), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
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Thea Proctor
1869
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Dorothy Roberts
1869
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