Jelena Dorotka
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Jelena Hoffmann Dorotka (1876 - 1965, Dubrovnik
), was a cubist painter. She was the daughter of the countess Maria Malvina de Bonda and Joseph Dorotka von Ehrenwall.
Dorotka lived in Paris from 1907 to 1914 and had an atelier at the Montparnasse
. She was friends with Marie Vassilieff
and founder of the famous Paris Academie Russe (Academia Vassilieff). She met many leading figures of in the world of painting (Matisse, Chagall, Picasso, Van Dongen, Laurencin, and others), and also worked for a time in the Matisse Painting School. She also met the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović
. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Dorotka left France, and returned to Dubrovnik in 1922 after several years of wandering Europe.
A Croatian documentary, Jelena Dorotka - od Konala do Montparnassea, chronicled her story.
See also: House of Bonda
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
), was a cubist painter. She was the daughter of the countess Maria Malvina de Bonda and Joseph Dorotka von Ehrenwall.
Dorotka lived in Paris from 1907 to 1914 and had an atelier at the Montparnasse
Montparnasse
Montparnasse is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail...
. She was friends with Marie Vassilieff
Marie Vassilieff
Mariya Ivanovna Vassiliéva , , better known as Marie Vassilieff, was a Russian painter....
and founder of the famous Paris Academie Russe (Academia Vassilieff). She met many leading figures of in the world of painting (Matisse, Chagall, Picasso, Van Dongen, Laurencin, and others), and also worked for a time in the Matisse Painting School. She also met the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrovic
Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...
. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Dorotka left France, and returned to Dubrovnik in 1922 after several years of wandering Europe.
A Croatian documentary, Jelena Dorotka - od Konala do Montparnassea, chronicled her story.
See also: House of Bonda
Further reading
- Viden, Ivan (2007) Jelena Dorotka Hoffmann (1876 - 1965.) - tragom zaboravljene kubističke slikarice (Jelena Dorotka Hoffmann (1876 - 1965) - rediscovering a forgotten female cubist painter). In: Peristil, 50.2007, p. 285-294