Icelandic art

Icelandic art

Erró is one of the best known artist in Iceland. His real name is Gudmundur Gudmundsson, he‘s born on 19 July 1932 in Olafsvik, in north-western Iceland. For his artwork he uses characters from cartoons. For example:

http://www.gkm.se/erro/

Ólafur Elíasson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1967. He is a Danish/Icelandic artist, noted for his exhibition exhibition The Weather Project at the Tate Modern, London, in 2003. That same year, he also represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale. His artwork is very modern. For example:

http://www.olafureliasson.net/selected_works.html

Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876 - 1958) is one of the progenitor in Icelandic artwork and was the first of the artist to do visual art to primary occupation. Ásgrímur was born on 4. March in 1876 in Suðurkot, Rútsstaðarhverfi in Flóa. Here you can see his art:

http://www.listasafn.is/?i=91

Kjarval (1885 - 1972) is one of the most famous artist in Icelandic art history. His real name is Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval and was born on Efti-Ey in Meðallandi. Kjarval was with his own style and portrayted landscapes pictures.