Geometry

Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur, Iceland

Abstract geometry was a product of experimental and progressive ideas on the nature and potential of art. The movement came like a meteor into Icelandic cultural life at the beginning of the 1950s and propelled a radical shift in the nation’s art history. The movement was a response to the prevailing aesthetics, seeking to find …

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Kristín Jónsdóttir frá Munkaþverá: The Water and The Land

Listasafnið á Akureyri Kaupvangsstræti 8-12, Akureyri, Iceland

Kristín Jónsdóttir was born at Munkaþverá in Eyjafjörður 1933. She studied at The Reykjavík College of Craft and Art 1949-1952 and 1954-1957 she studied at the textile department of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design in Copenhagen. Jónsdóttir studied at École des Arts Italiennes and Atélier Freundlich in Paris 1959 and during …

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