Guðmundur Thorsteinsson: Muggur
The National Gallery of Iceland Fríkirkjuvegur 7, Reykjavík, IcelandEverything that Muggur touched, people used to say, turned to art, and it was shaped by his remarkable personality. Guðmundur Thorsteinsson, always known as Muggur, was born in Bíldudalur in the West Fjords in 1891, and moved to Copenhagen with his family in 1903. He studied art 1911-15 at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine …