{{Short description|Greek artist (born 1940)}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox royal | name = Marína | title = Consort of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|7|17|df=y}} | spouse = {{marriage|Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark|7 February 1965|28 July 2024|reason=d}} | issue = Princess Alexandra, Mrs. Mirzayantz<br>Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta | father = Theódoros Karéllas | mother = Élli Chalikiopoúlou | birth_place = Athens, Greece | occupation = artist }} {{Greek Royal Family}}
'''Marína Karélla''' ({{langx|el|Μαρίνα Καρέλλα}}; born 17 July 1940<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=4176 |title=Clara |access-date=2010-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616140510/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=4176 |archive-date=2010-06-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a Greek artist and the widow of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.
==Life== Marína Karélla was born in Athens on 17 July 1940 to industrialist Theódoros Karéllas and Élli Chalikiopoúlou.
In 1960, Karélla was enrolled at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where she studied till 1963. She then continued with her studies at the ''École des Beaux-Arts'' in Paris and the Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, having also trained under notable artists like Oskar Kokoška and Giánnis Tsaroúchis.<ref>{{cite news|last=de la Falaise|first=Maxime|title=Marina Karella: the painting princess|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1977-interview-magazine-april/|accessdate=18 September 2020|work=Interview|issue=April 1977|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001183652/http://www.marinakarella.fr/1977-interview-magazine-april/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 7 February 1965, she married Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark at the Royal Palace in Athens. However, because the marriage was considered non-dynastic, she did not automatically acquire the title of 'Princess of Greece and Denmark' nor the style of 'Her Royal Highness', but is instead referred to as ''Marína, Consort of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark''.<ref name="CareerStart">{{cite news|title=Prince Michael Weds Commoner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/02/08/archives/prince-michael-weds-commoner-king-of-greece-is-cousins-best-man-at.html|work=The New York Times|date=8 February 1965|page=3}}</ref>
At the start of the Greek junta (1967–1974), Marina and Michael of Greece were the only members of the Greek royal family granted permission to remain living in their country. However, the couple chose to leave Greece in 1972 and settled in Paris, France with their two daughters.
The couple has two daughters: Princess Alexándra (born 15 October 1968 in Athens) and Princess Olga of Greece (born 17 November 1971 in Athens).
==Work== Karélla began her career in 1966, when she presented her first exhibition of paintings at the ''Festival of Two Worlds'' in Italy. Her early career was heavily inspired by themes related to Greece.<ref name="CareerStart"/> In the '70s she exhibited her White Paintings at Gallery Ioulas, which are now considered among the most famous pieces of her work.<ref name="Career70s">{{cite web|title=Karella Marina|url=https://www.zoumboulakis.gr/en/artists/marina-karella/|website=Zoumboulakis Galleries}}</ref> The following decade, Karella put up multiple exhibitions at the Earl McGrath Gallery in New York, which also included collaborations with Jack Pierson.<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Vincent|title=Marina Karella at Earl McGrath|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1998-art-in-america-new-york-july/|accessdate=18 September 2020|work=Art in America|date=July 1998}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Throughout the '90s her work was featured in multiple publications, including The New Yorker and New York (magazine).<ref>{{cite news|last=Bethany|first=Marilyn|title=Très Chair|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1987-new-york-magazine-may/|accessdate=18 September 2020|work=New York|issue=May 1987|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315154109/http://www.marinakarella.fr/1987-new-york-magazine-may/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ernould-Grandout|first1=Marielle|title=Paris: Marina Karella|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1990-loeil-april/|accessdate=18 September 2020|work=L'Oeil|issue=April 1990|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315154108/http://www.marinakarella.fr/1990-loeil-april/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Marina Karella|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1992-the-new-yorker-may/|accessdate=18 September 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|issue=May 1992|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315154108/http://www.marinakarella.fr/1992-the-new-yorker-may/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Marina Karella|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/1996-the-new-yorker-april/|accessdate=18 September 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|issue=April 1996|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315154108/http://www.marinakarella.fr/1996-the-new-yorker-april/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During her career Karélla has put up a number of exhibitions in various cities around the world, such as Paris, Athens, New York, Los Angeles, Brussels, Rome, and London, while many of her works are also hosted in many museums and institutions.<ref name="Career70s"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Marina de Grece|url=http://galeriemitterrand.com/cspdocs/press/files/pointdevue.pdf|work=Galerie Mitterraand|date=December 2015|access-date=22 September 2020|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211070706/http://galeriemitterrand.com/cspdocs/press/files/pointdevue.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, a retrospective exhibition of her work was organized at the Benaki Museum in Athens.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruas|first=Charles|title=Marina Karella at the Benaki Museum's Annex|url=http://www.marinakarella.fr/2005-art-in-america-july/|accessdate=18 September 2020|work=Art in America|issue=July 2005|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315154108/http://www.marinakarella.fr/2005-art-in-america-july/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In more recent years, Karélla has increasingly ventured into philanthropic works and is currently the founder and president of ''Eliza'', a non-profit society that works towards the prevention of cruelty against children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://eliza.org.gr/en/omada/diikitiko-symvoulio/|work=Eliza|access-date=22 September 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001211916/https://eliza.org.gr/en/omada/diikitiko-symvoulio/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{Official|http://www.marinakarella.fr/}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.earlmcgrathgallery.com/galleryartists/karella/index.html|title=Marina Karella|publisher=Earl McGrath Gallery|accessdate=23 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628045032/http://www.earlmcgrathgallery.com/galleryartists/karella/index.html|archivedate=28 June 2012}} * {{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_6_93/ai_n13804306/|title=Marina Karella at the Benaki Museum's Annex|last=Ruas|first=Charles|date=June–July 2005|work=Art in America}} * {{cite book|last=De Grèce|first=Michel |author2=Katz, Vincent |author3=Δεληβορριάς, Άγγελος |title=Marina Karella|publisher=Fereniki Publications|year=2005|isbn=978-960-7952-39-4|oclc=71958985|language=Greek, English}}
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