DORA HOLZHANDLER (FRENCH/BRITISH 1928-2015) MOTHER AND CHILD Oil on canvasboard 57cm x 34cm (22.5in x 13.5in) Note: Holzhandler was born in Paris in 1928, where her Jewish parents had fled from Poland as refugees. When she was six years old, the family moved again to London. She focused on a career as an artist from a young age. She was discovered by artist Victor Pasmore in 1947 and had her first exhibition in 1954. Her work has a naivety influenced by Matisse and Chagall, and often incorporates repeated iconography, specifically mystical and religious symbolism.