Helle Thorborg (born 12 April 1927) is a Danish painter and graphic designer . In her colour graphics, she uses strong contrasts creating images resembling collages. She has decorated a number of Danish buildings, including the pulpit in Gimsing Church near Struer , and has designed scenery for the Folketeatret 's experimental stage.
13-509: Thorborg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Helle Thorborg (born 1927), Danish painter and graphic designer Karin Thorborg (born 1948), Swedish politician Kerstin Thorborg (1896–1970), Swedish opera singer Niels Thorborg (born 1964), Danish football chairman Søren Thorborg (1889–1978), Danish gymnast [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-458: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Helle Thorborg Born on 12 April 1927 in Gentofte , Helle Thorborg was the daughter of the parliamentary secretary Johannes Levinsen Thorborg (1896–1992) and Grete Fog (1903–1993). She was brought up in an academic environment. Despite the scepticism of her family, she was set on becoming an artist. From 1947 to 1954, she attended
39-452: Is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen , Denmark . Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch of Magasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter. The district is also home to several major companies, including COWI A/S , Bang & Olufsen , ICEpower a/s and Microsoft . The Technical University of Denmark relocated to Lyngby from central Copenhagen in
52-647: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , studying painting and graphics under Aksel Jørgensen and Holger J. Jensen . In 1954, she married the architect Carl Henry Beckmann with whom she had three children, Gertrud (1956), Laurids Reidar (1957) and Marius Ingvar (1959). Thorborg first exhibited at the Charlottenborg autumn show in 1952 and, encouraged by art dealer Viggo Clausen [ da ] , had her first solo exhibition at Clausens Kunsthandel in 1954 which attracted graphic artists. It
65-412: The surname Thorborg . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thorborg&oldid=811988312 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
78-603: The 1970s. Lyngby station is located on the Hillerød radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. The name Kongens Lyngby is first recorded in 1348. At that time large parts of North Zealand belonged to the Catholic Church (represented by Roskilde Cathedral and the name Lyngby was associated with several places. Store Lyngby belonged to Arresø church. "Our" Lyngby, on the other hand, was crown land. It may therefore have been to distinguish it from these other places that
91-1025: The Danish Colourist Society. Following an exhibition by the Danish Colourists in 2007, in 2015, her work was exhibited at the Kunstforeningen in Lyngby , the town where Thorborg now lives. Helle Thorborg has received several awards including the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1981), the Eckersberg Medal (1990) and the Anne Marie Telmányi prize (1994). Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby ( [ˈkʰʌŋŋ̍s ˈløŋˌpyˀ] , Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby )
104-635: The Graphic Artists Association ( Grafiske Kunstnersamfund ), she also exhibited in Europe, the United States and Chile. Thorborg's sensitivity can be seen in her illustrations of García Lorca 's Blodbryllup . Her art has developed from naturalistic to a more abstract approach. In addition to her graphic works, she has also created watercolours and drawings, especially those of old bottles and other objects she found washed up on
117-599: The beach during her long stays in Thy. While her creations have usually been quite small, in 1988 she completed the extensive decoration of the pulpit in Gimsing Church near Struer. In 1984, she won first prize in the Danish National Bank's contest for design new bank notes although her submission was not used. She has also designed stage sets and has written many articles, often illustrating the catologues of
130-435: The name emerged. The original Lyngby village is now known as Bondebyen . Kongens Lyngby was also the site of a watermill, Lyngby Watermill , which is first mentioned in 1492 but is probably several hundred years older. A royal road, Lyngby Kongevej , was created in 1584 to provide an easy link between Copenhagen and Frederick's new Frederiksborg Castle from where it was later extended to Fredensborg and Helsingør . It
143-430: Was extended to Helsingør in 1864. This enabled citizens from Copenhagen to settle permanently in the area. Several factories opened in the area, including Christian Hasselbalck 's curtain factory in 1892 which later became the town's largest employer. In the 1930s, Kongens Lyngby developed into a modern suburb. The North Line was converted into an S-train line with more stations and Kongens Lyngby gradually merged with
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#1732802568901156-411: Was the first of a number of royal roads created by Frederick II and his successor Christian IV . In the 18th century, a growing number of country houses were built in the area by civil servants and merchants from Copenhagen. Kongens Lyngby had no market rights but developed into a local service centre with an increasing number of craftsmen and merchants. The North Line came to Lyngby in 1863 and
169-546: Was there that she sold most of her works. In 1958, she became a member of Koloristerne, a group of colourist painters , presenting works at their 1959 exhibition. She also participated regularly at the Thisted Exhibition when at her farmhouse in Thy . It was there she found inspiration working with local artists such as the photographer Kirsten Klein , as well as with those who spend their holidays there. Together with
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