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The Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893 - 1982) had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden. Sculptor redirects here. ...
1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime...
He is one of the first artists in Iceland being internationally acclaimed for their works. The subjects of his sculptures were every day life and technical progress, but also mythical tales of his home country as for example in Sæmundur and the Seal which is situated in front of the main building of the University of Iceland in Reykjavík. The University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) is a state university, founded in 1911. ...
See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...
Generally, the artist believed in placing works of art not only in the hands of a small elite, but to make them accessible for a big public. Other works of Ásmundur Sveinsson are to be found on the hill Öskjuhlið near Perlan in Reykjavík or at the farm of Borg á Mýrum near Borgarnes. The abstract sculpture here is representing the saga hero Egill having his dead son in his arms. The title Sonartorrek is referring to a poem which Jónas Hallgrímsson wrote about this scene. Elite may refer to Elitism - the concept of social stratification by innate or social qualities Elite - computer software game Elite - a skilled hacker Elite Systems, a UK video game developer. ...
See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the northernmost capital city of a nation. ...
Borgarnes is a small town located on a peninsula at the shore of Bay Iceland. ...
Portrait of Jónas Hallgrímsson Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807–1845) was an Icelandic author. ...
The former house of the artist in Laugardalur, Reykjavík, has been installed as a museum, called Ásmundarsafn. The house had been constructed in the 1930s depending on drawn-outs of the artist who was a fan of the Bauhaus style. The house is slightly remembering Le Corbusier and his chapel of Ronchamp. The sculpture garden near-by is open to public. Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 350 KB)Sonartorrek of Ásmundur Sveinsson, Iceland, GNU-FDL The picture was taken by my-self in April 2004, no other copyrights involved. ...
Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 350 KB)Sonartorrek of Ásmundur Sveinsson, Iceland, GNU-FDL The picture was taken by my-self in April 2004, no other copyrights involved. ...
1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The Bauhaus in 1993 Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. ...
The Villa Savoye near Paris Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for what is now called the International style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg. ...
Ronchamp is a town and commune of the Haute-Saône département in northeastern France. ...
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Artists of Iceland Art has existed in Iceland since the first settlements, but it was only at the beginning of the 20th century that Icelandic artists came to an international reputation. ...
External links - http://www.listasafnreykjavikur.is/Asmundarsafn/asmundarsafn.en.shtml
- http://www.borgarfjordur.com/pages/p7.html
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