Dmitry Zhilinsky

**Dmitry Zhilinsky** (; May 25, 1927 – July 29, 2015) was Russian painter and art educator. He was famous for his portraits of Queen of Denmark Margrethe II and King of Denmark Frederik X now exhibited at the Amaleinborg palace in Copenhagen.

## Biography 
Dmitry Zhilinsky is descendant of the Russian painter Valentin Serov, as direct grandson of Serov’s sister Nadezhda (1879–1951).

In 1937, Zhilinsky’s father Dmitry was arrested as “an enemy of the Soviet people” and shot. Zhilinsky’s art tuition came from the “Novogireevo circle of independent artists” led by Vladimir Favorsky, Dmitry Shakhovskoy, Ivan Efimov and Nina Efimova. 

## Royal Danish portraits by Zhilinsky 
In 1993, Denmark and Russia were preparing to commemorate the 500th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations commenced in 1493 by John, King of Denmark and Tzar Ivan III of Russia. The Russian ambassador in Denmark, who knew Zhilinsky as one of the best Russian portraitists, proposed that Zhilinsky highlight the anniversary by making portrait of the Queen Margrethe II. This would emphasize the historically close relations between the Danish and the Russian royal dynasties.

Margrethe II posed for Zhilinsky at Amalienborg palace. Although Zhilinsky’s wife Nina had suffered a stroke, she insisted on going to Denmark with him, and then insisted on coming to the Royal palace with him to work on her own version of the Queen’s portrait, which she made with her left hand. The Danes welcomed both Queen’s portraits - the classic by Dmitry Zhilinsky and a naive version created by Nina Zhilinsky.  

## Gallery of Royal Danish portraits 

File:Margrethe II in front of her portrait, with Ambassador Alexey Obukhov, Dmitry Zhilinsky.jpg|thumb|*Margrethe II and Prince Henrik receive the Queen’s portrait by Zhilinsky*
File:Zhilinsky and sketch for the portrait of Alexandra Christina Manley.jpg|thumb|*Zhilinsky and portrait of Prince Joachim’s spouse Alexandra Manley*, 1995
File:Zhilinsky and Crown Prince Frederik.jpg|Zhilinsky and Crown Prince Frederik with his portrait

## Selected paintings 

File:Arrest of Father.jpg|thumb|*Arrest of Father in 1937*
File:Dios con nosotros, 1991.jpg|thumb|*Dios con nosotros*, 1991
File:Family at Sea У моря Семья 1964.jpg|thumb|*Family at Sea*, 1964
File:Gymnasts of USSR 1964.jpg|thumb|*Gymnasts of USSR*, 1964
File:MHAT Artists 1996.jpg|thumb|*Art Theatre artists coming to Anton Chekhov to Yalta*, 1996
File:Dmitry Zhilinsky Portrait of Wife Venera and son Kolya 2003.jpg|thumb|*Portrait of Wife Venera and son Kolya*
File:Dmitry Zhilinsky Venera Zhilinskaya in Greece.jpg|thumb|*Venera Zhilinskaya in Greece with ancient amphora*

## References and sources
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* Vladimir Kostin, "Образы жизни..." // Yunost (Moscow), No.10 (1963). [in Russian].
* Victor Lupan, "La colonie des artiste" // Figaro magazine (Paris), 12 February 1998.
* Evgraf Kontchin, "Competition with Light" // Kultura (Moscow), 26 June 2008. [in Russian].
* Dmitry Zhilinsky, "A Sad Monolog about Illarion Golitsyn" // Tretyakov Gallery Journal (Moscow), No.3/49 (2012)
* Карл Аймермахер, Евгений Барабанов, Александр Боровский, Галина Маневич и др. Нонконформисты. Второй русский авангард, 1955—1988. Собрание Бар-Гера / Ханс-Петер Ризе. — Кёльн: Wienand, 1996. — P. 92—96. — 320 p. — ISBN 3879094960.[11]
* Ольга Шихирева, Жан-Клод Маркадэ, Морис Тухман, Александр Боровский и др. Абстракция в России. Каталог выставки в Государственном Русском музее / Анна Лакс. — Санкт-Петербург: Palace Editions, 2001. — 814 p. — (Государственный Русский музей (альманах)). — ISBN 5933320595.
* Kenez, Peter (2006). A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-68296-1.
* Ludwig, Peter (2007). Non Conform. Russian and Soviet Art 1958–1995. New York: Prestel Publishing. ISBN 978-3-7913-3833-0.
* Otdelnova, Vera (2016). "Дискуссии о реализме в конце 1960–х гг. в стенограммах Московского отделения Союза художников РСФСР" [Discussions about realism in the late 1960s in the transcripts of the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR.]. Observatory of Culture (in Russian). 13 (6): 746–754. doi:10.25281/2072-3156-2017-14-5-631-639.
* "Red house in Novogireevo". Retrieved 28 May 2022. The house and workshops of Vladimir Favorsky and Ivan Efimov.
* Simanchuk, Ilya (1982). У тех Синих Венцов... [Those Blue Crowns...] (in Russian). Moscow: Publishing House "Moscow's Worker".
* Sukhanova, Mariam (2015). Художники одной семьи [The Family of Painters.]. "Gallery Painting Art" Catalogue (in Russian). Moscow: Moscow Union of Artists.
* Zhilinsky, Dimitry (2006). Лавиния Бажбеук-Меликян [Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan.] (in Russian). Yerevan: Tigran Mets Publishing House. ISBN 99941-0-157-9.
* Thiemann, Barbara M. Nonconform: Russian and Soviet Artists 1958–1995, the Ludwig Collection. Prestel Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7913-3833-0.