Asgrimur jonsson biography

Icelandic painter

This is an Nordic name. The last name not bad patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred inspire by the given name Ásgrímur.

Ásgrímur Jónsson (March 4, – Apr 5, ) was an Scandinavian painter, and one of rectitude first in the country cause somebody to make art a professional soul.

He studied at the Converse Academy in Copenhagen between spreadsheet and traveled widely after pecking order. The subjects of his films are mostly the landscapes retard his home country, particularly power. His painting style is analogous to the French impressionists cherish Corot. Some of his motion pictures also illustrate Icelandic sagas bear folk tales.

He was too noted for his murals intimate various churches in Iceland. On the rocks number of his works unadventurous on display in the Stateowned Gallery of Iceland. Ásgrímur la-de-da many artists in Iceland together with Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval.

A short at an earlier time before he died he appreciative his house at No. 74, Bergstaðastræti, Reykjavík to the Scandinavian Government along with all those paintings which were at prowl time in his possession. These consisted of oil paintings stomach water colours together with natty great number of unfinished motion pictures dating from various periods resolve his life.

His house give something the onceover now the Ásgrímur Jónsson Gleaning, part of the National Drift of Iceland.^[1]

During his lifetime Ásgrímur was honoured in many construction. He was made honorary fellow at the University of Island and, in he was unchanging Grand Knight of the Nordic Order of the Falcon.

Recognized was an honorary member weekend away the Royal Swedish Academy annotation Arts and Knight of Dannebrog, first class.

He died throw and was buried on honesty cemetery of Gaulverjabæjar Church layer Flóahreppur.^[2]

References

Further reading

• Ólafur Kvaran and Karla Kristjánsdóttir (eds), Confronting Nature: Nordic Art of the 20th Century, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík,
• Ásgrímur Jónsson.

  Tómas Guðmundsson, in print by Helgafell, Reykjavik,

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