Queen Margrethe the Artist

[Alexandria]

www.ibl.se - 26. November 1996. Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Margrethe of Denmark working with her art. © Rigmor Mydtskov / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 1998. Aarhus Denmark. Queen Margrethe , art exhibition. © KLaus Möller / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 1998. Aarhus Denmark. Queen Margrethe , art exhibition. © KLaus Möller / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 1987. Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Margrethe of Denmark with her drawings. © Rigmor Mydtskov / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 26. November 1996. Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Margrethe working with her art. © Rigmor Mydtskov / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - Rigmor Mydtskov. 1994. Queen Margrethe, working with her art. smoking, glasses. © Rigmor Mydtskov / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 1987. Copenhagen, Denmark. Queen Margrethe of Denmark with her drawings. © Rigmor Mydtskov / Dana Press / IBL

www.ibl.se - 1998. Aarhus Denmark. Queen Margrethe , art exhibition. © Klaus Möller / Dana Press /IBL

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - JP. 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Painting, art "From the Furthest Shore."

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Painting, art "From the Furthest Mountains."

[Alexandria]

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Painting, art "From the Furthest Mountains."

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Painting, art "Bench, the Marble Garden, Fredensborg."

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Kunst.

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Kunst.

www.ibl.se - Photo: Carsten Andreasen - 13. September 2003. Queen Margrethe as painter,Exhibition in the Brandt's Klaedefabrik. Painting, art "From the Furthest Mountains."

[Alexandria]

Polfoto 03-11-2003 I 1942 udgjorde dronningen, som lille prinsesse, motivet i en dyster tid, og i 1970 debuterede dronningen - dengang tronfølger - som julemærkekunstner med engle i fuld aktivitet under temaet 'Juleforberedelser i Himmelborgen'. Og i 1983 stod dronningen for årets grønlandske julemærke - der iøvrigt også har 100 års jubilæum. Temaet for årets julemærker er "Hjerternes fest".

[Dennism]

Great photo, Spiffyballerina. 2 weeks ago, A design of Margrethe´s was released. She designed some playing cards. Also here are photos of some of her paintings:

[Dennism]

Queen Margrethe of Denmark at the premier tonight in the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen on H C Andersen play Thumbelina. Queen Margrethe has made the scenography and the costumes. 7-14-05

[Dennism]

More from tonight:

[Alexandria]

July 13, 2005 -- Queen Margrethe attends a press conference to discuss the costumes she has designed for the ballet "Tommelise."

[GrandDuchess]

Translation of a Billed-Bladet article:
(the event being written about took place on 5 August, when the Queen and Prince Joachim opened the exhibtion "Margrethe II - paintings and watercolours")

The Queen has taken out paintings from her private collection at Amalienborg, Marselisborg and Graasten Palace, and exhibits it all at the museum in Løgumkloster.

Before Queen Margrethe took off for her holiday in France, she was in Løgumkloster to open an exhibition with 45 of her own pieces of art. And it's not an accident that the 22 paintings and 23 watercolours hang at the Museun Holmen, because Her Majesty herself took part in hanging them up the day before the opening.

- We had a great morning while we walked around, hanging them up. Well I sat, said the Queen with an indication to her bad knee.

There is no doubt that a regent herself can be moved when she gets an offer to exhibit her art, and being tributed for the result.

- It gives me weak knees, said Queen Margrethe in her speech, and she was notably moved, embarassed and proud.

Margrethe explain how it is for her to show her art:
- It's a little like sending your children out in the world, but I hope that people will find them nice to look at.


Read the article here (in Danish): http://www.billed-bladet.dk/default....ails&Item=3367

[Alisa]

Many thanks for your translations Grand Duchess.:)

I found it interesting that after all these years Her Majesty still gets nervous and a bit "giddy" about exhibiting her work. What a Queen!:)

[fanletizia]

Polfoto 17-05-2006 Denmark's Queen Margrethe smiles next to her painting "The Cloud," at left, and "The Cloud the Rampart," at right, on show in Florence, Italy, at the Stibbert Museum for the "The Dream of a Queen - The Inward Eye" exhibit, Wednesday May 17, 2006. The show opens May 19 through to July 7. The 66-year-old figurehead monarch will be received by Benedict XVI on May 19, part of the Queen Margrethe May 17-19 trip to Italy and the Vatican for celebrations marking 50 years of a Danish cultural institute in the Italian capital and to open an exhibit of 19th century Danish paintings. It will be the queen's second Vatican visit

[purple_platinum]

More of Margarethe in Firenze, Italy (from tv2)

[carlota]

i read that the queen illustrated the lord of the rings in one of its editions, as it mentions in the royal website

J.R.R. Tolkien: “The Lord of The Rings” published in Danish in 1977 and 2002; “The Lord of the Rings” was reissued with HM The Queen’s illustrations in 2002; “Historierne om Regnar Lodbrog” (the tales about Regnar Lodbrog), 1979; “Bjarkemål” (the song of Bjarke), 1982; Poul Ørum: “Komedie i Florens” (comedy in Florence), 1990. Prins Henrik “Cantabile”, 2000 (illustrated with découpage works). National and Family Bible, 2000 (vignettes); “Snedronningen. Et eventyr af H.C. Andersen” and “The Snow Queen. A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen”, both 2000 (découpage works); Karen Blixen: “Syv fantastiske fortællinger” and “Seven Gothic Tales”, both 2003 (découpage works).

it also mentions she did other artistic work: The Danish Monarchy - The Royal House - HM The Queen

does anyone have any pictures of her work?

[CasiraghiTrio]

One of The Queen's works just sold recently, in September, on the website Lauritz.com. It sold for 265,000 kroner.

See this article --> http://www.billed-bladet.dk/default....ails&item=6206