Barbara \u00c1rnason var afar fj\u00f6lh\u00e6f og snj\u00f6ll listakona, h\u00fan myndskreytti b\u00e6kur, ger\u00f0i veggskreytingar, verk \u00far lopa, vann me\u00f0 tr\u00e9stungu og ger\u00f0i vatnslita\u00ferykkjur svo eitthva\u00f0 s\u00e9 nefnt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00deessi teikning er 50 x 35 cm a\u00f0 st\u00e6r\u00f0 og kom inn \u00ed safneign Ger\u00f0arsafns \u00e1ri\u00f0 1983. Sonur Barb\u00f6ru, V\u00edfill Magn\u00fasson l\u00e6r\u00f0i arkitekt\u00far \u00ed Mex\u00edk\u00f3 \u00e1 s\u00ednum t\u00edma og f\u00f3r Barbara a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja hann \u00fear. \u00cd Mex\u00edk\u00f3 ger\u00f0i h\u00fan \u00fe\u00f3 nokkrar skemmtilegar teikningar af umhverfinu og f\u00f3lkinu \u00fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barbara kom fyrst til \u00cdslands \u00e1ri\u00f0 1936, en h\u00fan f\u00e6ddist \u00ed Su\u00f0ur-Englandi. Barbara bj\u00f3 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk fyrstu \u00e1rin eftir komuna til \u00cdslands me\u00f0 eiginmanni s\u00ednum og listamanninum Magn\u00fasi \u00c1. \u00c1rnasyni, en \u00feau fluttust s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginn \u00e1ri\u00f0 1959. \u00c1ri\u00f0 2011 var opnu\u00f0 yfirlitss\u00fdning \u00e1 verkum Barb\u00f6ru \u00ed Ger\u00f0arsafni og voru hinar n\u00e1kv\u00e6mu tr\u00e9stungur hennar \u00fear me\u00f0al annars til s\u00fdnis. Barbara var mikill brautry\u00f0jandi \u00ed \u00ferykklist h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi og m\u00e1 segja a\u00f0 h\u00fan hafi \u00e1tt st\u00f3ran \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed a\u00f0 leggja grunn a\u00f0 \u00edslenskri svartlist. H\u00fan f\u00f3r \u00e1vallt s\u00ednar eigin lei\u00f0ir og a\u00f0hylltist ekki \u00e1kve\u00f0na listastefnu. \u00c1 sumrin f\u00f3r Barbara \u00ed fer\u00f0al\u00f6g um landi\u00f0 \u00ed leit a\u00f0 innbl\u00e6stri fyrir myndefni. \u00d3h\u00e6tt er a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er Ger\u00f0arsafni mikils vir\u00f0i a\u00f0 eiga jafn st\u00f3ran hluta af verkum Barb\u00f6ru og raun ber vitni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25310,"template":"","artwork-category":[237],"artists":[209],"class_list":["post-25309","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-collection-property","artists-barbara-arnason"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/25309","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\/25309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork-category?post=25309"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=25309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}