Listama\u00f0urinn \u00deorvaldur Sk\u00falason au\u00f0ga\u00f0i svo sannarlega \u00edslenskt listal\u00edf og hefur listsk\u00f6pun hans marka\u00f0 s\u00e9r sess \u00ed \u00edslenskri listas\u00f6gu. Hann var einn af fyrstu abstraktm\u00e1lurum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi en hann m\u00e1la\u00f0i einnig f\u00edg\u00farat\u00edft, \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0allega \u00ed byrjun \u00e1 ferlinum. \u00c1ri\u00f0 1953 h\u00f3fst ge\u00f3metr\u00edskt t\u00edmabil hj\u00e1 honum og var hann tr\u00far hinu \u00f3hlutbundna \u00fea\u00f0 sem eftir var af ferlinum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd verkinu S\u00f3lsetur (1982-83) dansa heitir og kaldir litir skemmtilega saman. Verki\u00f0 t\u00falkar innri s\u00fdn listamannsinns \u00e1 byggingu forma og lita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd b\u00f3kinni Abstrakt Ge\u00f3metr\u00edu er texti \u00fear sem \u00deorvaldur skrifar um nonf\u00edg\u00farat\u00edva myndlist og kemur \u00fear fram: \u201cTil \u00feess a\u00f0 n\u00e1 \u00e1rangri \u00ed \u00feessari list \u00feurfa menn a\u00f0 vera g\u00e6ddir n\u00e6mu lit- og formskyni. Form og litir ver\u00f0a a\u00f0 lifa innra me\u00f0 m\u00e1laranum. En \u00feetta er \u00fe\u00f3 ekki n\u00f3g. Hann ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 komast til botns \u00ed hinu s\u00e9rstaka e\u00f0li hvers litar sem hann notar til \u00feess a\u00f0 tj\u00e1 sig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00deorvaldur f\u00e6ddist \u00e1ri\u00f0 1906 \u00e1 Bor\u00f0eyri vi\u00f0 Hr\u00fatafj\u00f6r\u00f0. \u00deegar hann var ungur ma\u00f0ur f\u00f3tbrotna\u00f0i hann sem var\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 hann var miki\u00f0 r\u00famliggjandi og f\u00f3r hann \u00fe\u00e1 a\u00f0 spreyta sig \u00ed teikningu. \u00cd kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0 f\u00f3r \u00deorvaldur til Reykjav\u00edkur til \u00feess a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn \u00ed teikningu fr\u00e1 b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00c1sgr\u00edmi J\u00f3nssyni og \u00de\u00f3rarni \u00deorl\u00e1kssyni. \u00deorvaldur l\u00e6r\u00f0i \u00ed Osl\u00f3 og einnig \u00ed Par\u00eds. Hann t\u00f3k \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00f3tal sams\u00fdningum \u00e1 ferlinum og einnig miki\u00f0 af einkas\u00fdningum. \u00deorvaldur l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 1984, \u00fe\u00e1 78 \u00e1ra. Listasafn H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1 st\u00e6rstan hluta af verkum hans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22695,"template":"","artwork-category":[237],"artists":[260],"class_list":["post-22694","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-collection-property","artists-thorvaldur-skulason"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/22694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/22694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork-category?post=22694"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=22694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}