Dolores Hoffmann
Dolores Hoffmann (born September 1, 1937 in Leningrad ) is an Estonian glass painter and restorer. She comes from a German-Estonian family.
Life and art
Dolores Hoffmann's family lived in the Soviet Union. The parents were imprisoned under Stalin . The father was executed in 1938 as an alleged German spy. The mother disappeared in the gulag . After the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Dolores Hoffmann grew up with her mother's aunts in the Estonian capital Tallinn .
Dolores Hoffmann graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute ( Eesti Riiklik Kunstiinstituut ) in 1962 with a degree in painting. From 1963 to 1995 she worked as a lecturer in composition at the college.
Hoffmann has been deeply involved in glass painting since 1973 . In 1995 she founded her own glass painting studio. She specializes in windows for sacred buildings .
Work
Her most famous glass works include the windows of the following sights:
- Valjala Church (1975–1983, 2010)
- Ministry of Nature Conservation of the Estonian SSR (1975)
- Glass pictures in the foyer of the Tallinn TV tower (1980/81)
- Churches of Kihelkonna and Valjala (1975–1983, 2010)
- Tallinn Registry Office Window (1982/83)
- Church of the Holy Spirit of Tallinn (1987-1996)
- Window of the Adventist Seminary in Tula , Russia (1989)
- Churches of Elva , Türi ja Toila (1995–1999)
- Church of the Helsinki district Hakinula (1995-1997)
- Opus Dei Chapel in Stockholm (1996)
- Lukoil's administrative headquarters in Moscow (1997-2000)
- Tõrva cemetery chapel (1998)
- Tallinn Synagogue (2000)
- Talosto headquarters in Saint Petersburg (2001/2002)
- Commerzbank in Moscow (2001)
- Karula Church (2001)
- Petrikirche von Heimtali (2003)
- Residence of the Metropolitan of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (2003)
- Alexander Church of Narva (2004)
- Iisaku Church (2004)
- Simuna Church (2005-2011)
- Laiuse Church (2006)
- House of prayer in Mustvee (2006)
- Lutheran Church on Honshu Island , Japan (2007)
- Chapel of the seaman's mission in Muuga (2008)
- Kohila Baptist House of Prayer (2008)
- Nissi parish hall (2009)
- Houses in Batumi (2010/2011)
- Põltsamaa Church (2012)
In addition, Hoffmann restores leaded glass windows from the 13th to 19th centuries. She is the owner of Domini Canes , a company that manufactures and renovates glass windows in Tallinn's old town. It also maintains a gallery with glass art.
Award
In 1982 Dolores Hoffmann received the award “Honored Artist of the Estonian SSR ”. In 2002 she was awarded the Marian Medal of the Tallinn Cathedral Parish.
literature
- Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 92
Web links
- CV and works (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Dolores |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian glass painter and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |