Monica Ritterband (born 26 August 1955) is a Danish artist, who previously worked as a journalist and speaker. Ritterband is the daughter of two

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survivors; artist

Olly Ritterband Olly, like the similarly spelt Ollie, is a variant of the given names Olivia (given name), Olivia and Oliver (given name), Oliver. Notable people and characters with this form of the name include: People * Olly (singer), Olly (born 2001), Italia ...

and Daniel Ritterband, who were originally from

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, Romania. Ritterband graduated from the Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium and was later trained as a journalist at the

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. She worked as a journalist for ''

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'' and ''

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'' and was a presenter at the DR's TV news for several years. In 1990, she became CEO of

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. Since 1997, she has devoted herself to her art full-time. Among Ritterband's artistic works are several candlesticks for the

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, a porcelain series Musica for

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, tablecloths from Georg Jensen Damask and carpets for Egetæpper, a Danish carpet design and manufacturing company, but she has also designed larger works of art; there are a series of stainless steel sculptures in the former municipality of

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. Monica Ritterband edited the book ''Flammer for Frihed'' (Flames for Freedom), dedicated to Amnesty International which contained music from

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and essays by 24 Danes (including then prime minister

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, former prime minister

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, and others) and was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the

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.Andersen, Jakob. ''Flammer for frihed'' (Ekstra Bladet) 20. november 1998 Ritterband has been named Artist of the Year in Denmark four times.

External links

http://www.monicaritterband.dk
Monica Ritterband website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritterband, Monica 1955 births Danish women artists Danish art historians Danish women journalists Danish designers Living people Danish journalists Weekendavisen people Women art historians Danish women historians