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Helle Thorborg
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. Early life and education 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 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). Career Thorborg first exhibited at the Charlott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toldbodgade 9
Toldbodgade 9 is a half-timbered building situated in the Nyhavn, Nyhavn Quarter of central Copenhagen, Denmark. For about 50 years, from the 1800s until his death in 1852, the property belonged to Henning Hansen Rønne, a skipper from Bornholm, who for a period was alderman of the Københavns Skipperforening, Skipper's Guild in Copenhagen. The building was later for a while operated as a hotel under the name Hotel Helsingborg. The building was listed in the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. In 1953, the building was bought by art dealer , who subsequently converted it into an art gallery under the name Claussens Kunsthandel. In 2018, Claussens Kunsthandel relocated to new premises at Studiestræde 14. A restaurant administration is now located in the building. History Early history The site was originally part of a much larger property. This large property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre from 1689 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
