Jenny Dolfen (born 1975) is a German illustrator and teacher, known especially for her
illustrations of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Life
Jenny Dolfen was born in
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (; ) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the Bremen (state), city-state of Bremen. The Geeste (river), River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser.
Brem ...
, and in 2001, she received a degree in English and Latin at the
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...
. Dolfen lives near
Aachen
Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Aachen is locat ...
with her husband and her two children.
Dolfen has done artwork for several
role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out ...
s, including Fuller Flippers' ''
Quest Cards'', Action Studios' ''
Realms of Wonder'', Final Sword Productions' ''
The World of Erien'' and the German ''
Das Schwarze Auge''.
She is known for her
artwork based on the Middle-earth works of
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...
, chiefly ''
The Silmarillion
''The Silmarillion'' () is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977, assisted by G ...
''. Dolfen won the inaugural
Tolkien Society Award in the category "best artwork" in 2014, for her
watercolour
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour ( Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting method"Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to the ...
painting "
Eärendil the Mariner".
[Awards: Best Artwork](_blank)
Tolkien Society. Accessed 12 February 2021. Since then she has won awards in 2018 for "The Hunt", a depiction of
Finrod Felagund going on a hunt with the
Fëanoreans Maedhros and Maglor in Eastern
Beleriand; and in 2020 the
T-shirt design "The Professor", celebrating 50 years of The Tolkien Society, with Middle-earth characters and places within the outline of a pipe-smoking J. R. R. Tolkien.
Dolfen has made illustrations for
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the unfinished series of Hi ...
's novel ''
A Song of Ice and Fire
''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the ser ...
'', as documented in the 2005 book ''The Art of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire''.
Accessed 12 February 2021.
See also
* Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien
References
External links
Official site
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1975 births
Living people
German illustrators
German contemporary artists
Tolkien artists
German women illustrators
People from Bremerhaven
Tolkien Society Award winners