We have just updated Gerda's page with four dolls. Gerda is back with a brand new line! Her "Passion for Fashion" series has amazing attention to detail right down to the vintage newspaper stockings! We carried some of Gerda's smaller dolls in 2003 and 2004. We were excited to see her new direction of 12" inch lady dolls this year that are just amazing.  Email kmalone@dollery.com for information on the dolls listed below.

Bio info directly from Gerda - Hi I am Gerda, have the Dutch nationality but now living in Spain in a beautiful valley with vineyards. An area full of inspiration for all my artistic activities. Being a fashion designer i turned to doll art in 1988. My introduction into the United States started with an article in the May 1990 issue of Doll Reader. Since then i experienced great appreciation for my talent, craftmanship, artistry and wide creativity.

Notes from various publications :
"Gerda Schaarman Rijsdijk is the artist behind GSR art dolls. She is a highly talented autodidact sculptor using different mediums and is very committed to her creations with strong feeling for detail. With her fashion designer roots she pursues constantly a challenge in style and design. This resulted and is still resulting overtime - with great talent for creativity - in surprising style evolutions and artistic visions in her work ...but always with a red thread of her so recognisable art style. Of which the clothing design and finishing, the harmony in color setting, the hand painting and the emotion are an integrated part."- Fashion in the centre of her mind transforms her creations into works of art-

Contact kmalone@dollery.com or call us at 1-800-447-3655 (out of state) or 781-447-6677 (inside Massachusetts)