Dolores Hoffmann is an Estonian stained glass artist who lives and works in Tallinn, with her works decorating the interiors of several churches in Estonia's old town and other public buildings and private businesses internationally.
Biography
editHoffmann was born in Leningrad in the USSR in September 1937 to an Estonian mother and a German father, who were both persecuted by the Soviet secret police. Hoffmann grew up in a Russian orphanage speaking Russian, and only arrived in Estonia after WWII in 1945, where she started learning Estonian for the first time and became a "staunch anti-Soviet".[1] She trained as a painter before becoming a glass artist, and converting to Christianity despite religious persecution in the USSR.[2]
Notable works
editTelevision is a Window to the World, Tallinn TV Tower[3]
Batumi Piazza, stained glass windows
References
edit- ^ "The woman behind the windows The life and art of Estonian stained glass master Dolores Hoffmann". Meduza.
- ^ "VASTAB DOLORES HOFFMANN II". December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Stained glass hall by Dolores Hoffmann". Teletorn.ee.