Ger\u00f0ur Helgad\u00f3ttir (1928 \u2013 1975) var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur myndlistarma\u00f0ur sem f\u00e9kkst vi\u00f0 sk\u00falpt\u00far, steint gler og m\u00f3sa\u00edk. H\u00fan stunda\u00f0i n\u00e1m vi\u00f0 Hand\u00ed\u00f0ask\u00f3lann og h\u00e9lt fyrst \u00edslenskra myndlistarmanna til Fl\u00f3rens \u00ed n\u00e1m \u00e1ri\u00f0 1949. Flj\u00f3tlega \u00fear \u00e1 eftir h\u00e9lt h\u00fan til Par\u00edsar, \u00fear sem h\u00fan bj\u00f3 og starfa\u00f0i mestan hluta \u00e6vi sinnar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me\u00f0 ge\u00f3metr\u00edskum j\u00e1rnverkum \u00e1 6. \u00e1ratugnum \u00e1vann Ger\u00f0ur s\u00e9r sess sem frumkv\u00f6\u00f0ull \u00fer\u00edv\u00ed\u00f0rar abstraktlistar h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi. S\u00ed\u00f0an ger\u00f0i h\u00fan myndir eing\u00f6ngu \u00far h\u00e1rf\u00ednum j\u00e1rnv\u00edrum sem mynda teikningu \u00ed r\u00fdminu. Mikil breyting var\u00f0 \u00e1 list Ger\u00f0ar \u00feegar h\u00fan f\u00f3r a\u00f0 logsj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00far bronsi. Form verkanna ur\u00f0u \u00f3regluleg og l\u00edfr\u00e6n og sj\u00e1 m\u00e1 \u00ed \u00feeim skyldleika vi\u00f0 lj\u00f3\u00f0r\u00e6nu abstraktlistina. Eftir fer\u00f0 til Egyptalands \u00e1ri\u00f0 1966 m\u00e1 greina \u00e1hrif fr\u00e1 fornri egypskri list \u00ed verkum hennar. Um og upp \u00far 1970 taka vi\u00f0 verk unnin \u00far gifsi, leir og jafnvel steinsteypu sem einkennast af einf\u00f6ldum hringformum og hreyfingu \u00ed \u00fdmsum tilbrig\u00f0um. M\u00f6rg \u00feessara verka eru hugsu\u00f0 sem frummyndir a\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum st\u00e6rri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00de\u00f3tt Ger\u00f0ur liti fyrst og fremst \u00e1 sig sem myndh\u00f6ggvara var h\u00fan einnig virtur glerlistama\u00f0ur, b\u00e6\u00f0i h\u00e9r heima og erlendis. Steindir gluggar eftir hana pr\u00fd\u00f0a nokkrar kirkjur h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi. \u00deekktastir eru gluggar \u00ed Sk\u00e1lholtsd\u00f3mkirkju og K\u00f3pavogskirkju. Einnig eru gluggar eftir Ger\u00f0i \u00ed nokkrum kirkjum \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi. \u00deekktasta verk Ger\u00f0ar h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi er \u00e1n efa st\u00f3ra m\u00f3sa\u00edkmyndin fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu 1973 \u00e1 Tollh\u00fasinu \u00ed Hafnarstr\u00e6ti \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erfingjar Ger\u00f0ar Helgad\u00f3ttur (1928\u20131975) f\u00e6r\u00f0u K\u00f3pavogsb\u00e6 \u00e1ri\u00f0 1977 um 1400 listaverk \u00far d\u00e1narb\u00fai listakonunnar en h\u00fan l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 1975 a\u00f0eins 47 \u00e1ra a\u00f0 aldri. Skilyr\u00f0i fyrir gj\u00f6finni var a\u00f0 K\u00f3pavogsb\u00e6r skyldi byggja listasafn, sem tengdist nafni Ger\u00f0ar, geymdi og s\u00fdndi verk hennar og h\u00e9ldi a\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0ru leyti minningu hennar \u00e1 lofti.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n