\u201eBera \u00feessi fyrstu verk Ger\u00f0ar vitni um verulegan \u00feroska st\u00falku innan vi\u00f0 tv\u00edtugt. Eins koma \u00feegar fram skapger\u00f0ar\u00fe\u00e6ttir eins og vinnusemi, \u00ferautseigja og \u00e1kve\u00f0ni sem \u00e1ttu eftir a\u00f0 einkenna listakonuna \u00e1 hennar stutta en afkastamikla ferli.\u201d \u00deetta skrifar listfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn \u00c1sd\u00eds \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ger\u00f0ur (1928-1975) kynntist fyrst h\u00f6ggmyndalist \u00feegar h\u00fan var 18 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mul og f\u00f3r h\u00fan strax a\u00f0 m\u00f3ta sj\u00e1lf \u00ed leir og h\u00f6ggva \u00ed gr\u00e1gr\u00fdti. Ger\u00f0ur haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00f6ggva \u00ed gr\u00e1stein \u00ed fj\u00f6runni \u00ed Laugarnesinu allt sumari\u00f0 \u00e1ri\u00f0 1947 af mikilli vinnusemi. Sigurj\u00f3n \u00d3lafsson kom vi\u00f0 hj\u00e1 henni um sumari\u00f0 og lei\u00f0beindi Ger\u00f0i um notkun \u00e1halda til steinh\u00f6ggs og fleira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ger\u00f0ur f\u00f3r til n\u00e1ms \u00ed Fl\u00f3rens og hlaut \u00fear menntun \u00ed klass\u00edskri h\u00f6ggmyndager\u00f0. H\u00fan var fyrst \u00edslenskra myndlistamanna til \u00feess a\u00f0 fara \u00fat til Fl\u00f3rens \u00ed n\u00e1m. Ger\u00f0ur var undir handlei\u00f0slu Romano Romanelli \u00ed Accademia di Belle Arti. H\u00fan staldra\u00f0i ekki lengi vi\u00f0 \u00ed Fl\u00f3rens og f\u00f3r til Par\u00edsar til \u00feess a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra n\u00fat\u00edma h\u00f6ggmyndalist. \u00cd Par\u00eds bj\u00f3 Ger\u00f0ur st\u00e6rstan hluta starfs\u00e6vi sinnar og t\u00f6ldu franskir listgagnr\u00fdnendur hana vera me\u00f0al \u00e1hugaver\u00f0ustu myndh\u00f6ggvara \u00ed borginni \u00e1 \u00feeim t\u00edma. Ger\u00f0ur var mj\u00f6g sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0 kona og frumkv\u00f6\u00f0ull \u00ed glerlist h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verki\u00f0 \u201eLiggjandi kona\u201c er fr\u00e1 \u00e1runum 1947- 48, gert \u00far stein og gifsi og er 69 x 112 x 50 cm a\u00f0 st\u00e6r\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 kom inn \u00ed safneign \u00e1ri\u00f0 1977 og var \u00fea\u00f0 partur af veglegri gj\u00f6f fr\u00e1 erfingjum Ger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25387,"template":"","artwork-category":[211],"artists":[201],"class_list":["post-25386","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-safneign","artists-gerdur-helgadottir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/25386","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\/25386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork-category?post=25386"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=25386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}