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HISTRIAN AND GENIUS IN GOLD WORK,
ARJE GRIEGST

Arje Griegst, born as a son of goldsmith artist Baruch Griegst and graduated Royal Academy of Art, established his immortal status with hair diadem for her Majesty Queen Margrethe �U of Denmark finished by him in 1976.
Arje's glass of Royal Copenhagen Crystal is admired by the collectors all over the world, and his goldwork brooch with opals is always set the goal for, by young artists in this line all over the world owing to his elaborate gold engraving technique and its powerful impact.

He often had his individual exhibition at the famous museums in New York, London, and Paris. He is settled with his family in Paris though he is Danish. I remember it was a freezing morning in December that I have walked around to look in art gallerys in and around Montmartre with him. He said, "I like the stream of La Seine in the morning haze around here," and I heard he often sketched here. Arje, who always talks about the art quietly in a gentle manner, creates strong, sharp works in which we can find dynamic expressions by a man of power everywhere. This may be the reason why he is called a genius in goldwork. In fact, I could find his sharp eyes in a tense atmosphere that he gave his staffs instructions of forming, working on production of 3m big fountain in the subject of 7 oceans in the world and a big seashell in his studio and workshop in Pietrasanta, Italy.

Arje says, "the fountain goes back to the source of Italian Renaissance sculpture." One day, conducted around Carlsberg Museum hearing his comments, I found that he was so clear-headed and had such good a grasp of historical facts that I saw a historian in Arje Griegst.

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