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Crown Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II of Denmark), an accomplished and critically acclaimed painter, was inspired to create illustrations to The Lord of the Rings in the early 1970s. Tolkien liked her woodcut-style drawings, seeing in them a resemblance to the style of some of his own artwork.
Crown Princess Margrethe (now Queen Margrethe II) of Denmark, an accomplished and critically acclaimed painter, was inspired to create illustrations to The Lord of the Rings in the early 1970s. [5] In 1977, Queen Margrethe's drawings were published in the Danish translation of the book, redrawn by the British artist Eric Fraser. [6]
After Tolkien's death in 1973, many artists have created illustrations of Middle-earth characters and landscapes, in media ranging from Alexander Korotich's scraperboard depictions, [25] to Margrethe II of Denmark's woodcut-style drawings, [23] Sergey Yuhimov's Russian Orthodox icon-style representations, [26] and Donato Giancola's neoclassical ...
1972. King Frederick IX died in 1972, and Margrethe succeeded at the age of 31. In her first address to Denmark, the-now Queen Margrethe II said, "My beloved father, our King, is dead.
Four artworks depicting Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, part of a series titled Reigning Queens by Andy Warhol, (1985), are seen on exhibit at the former Royal Palace turned museum Paleis Het Loo ...
A painting by Denmark’s former monarch, Queen Margrethe II, is going up for auction. Works by the 83-year-old queen, who is a prolific artist, have featured in various exhibitions, but the ...
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark gave permission to use her illustrations on the CD covers. Permanent members are Caspar Reiff and Peter Hall (composition, singing and guitar), Signe Asmussen (singing), Øyvind Ougaard (accordion), Katja Nielsen (double-bass), and Morten Ryelund Sørensen (conductor and violin).
Following the wedding of Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II) and Prince Henri, the Danish royals stepped out on the balcony to wave to well-wishers. Henri is pictured immediately to the ...