\u00cd grein fr\u00e1 1920 segir Magn\u00fas \u201cListamenn eru hugsj\u00f3narmenn, ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur en a\u00f0rir andans fr\u00f6mu\u00f0ir. Hva\u00f0 er \u00fe\u00e1 e\u00f0lilegra en \u00feeir setji hugmyndir s\u00ednar fram \u00ed listaverkum?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verki\u00f0 sem nefnist Landskron, Austurr\u00edki er fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu 1959 og er m\u00e1la\u00f0 \u00e1 papp\u00edr. \u00dea\u00f0 er 49 x 70 cm a\u00f0 st\u00e6r\u00f0. Depilst\u00edll (e. pointillism), st\u00edll s\u00ed\u00f0impressj\u00f3nistanna, f\u00f3r a\u00f0 einkenna m\u00f6rg verk Magn\u00fasar \u00e1 sj\u00f6tta \u00e1ratugnum og \u00fe\u00e1 s\u00e9rstaklega verk hans fr\u00e1 Frakklandi. Hann fylgdi \u00fe\u00f3 ekki depilst\u00edlnum til hins \u00edtrasta \u00e1 hef\u00f0bundinn h\u00e1tt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listama\u00f0urinn Magn\u00fas \u00c1. \u00c1rnason (1894 -1980) var margt til lista lagt, hann var myndlistarma\u00f0ur, t\u00f3nsk\u00e1ld og rith\u00f6fundur. Magn\u00fas var mikill n\u00e1tt\u00faruunnandi og m\u00e1la\u00f0i hann miki\u00f0 af landslagsverkum. Hann f\u00f3r til Kaupmannahafnar \u00ed n\u00e1m \u00e1ri\u00f0 1912 og h\u00f3fst listferill hans \u00fe\u00e1. Magn\u00fas \u00e6tla\u00f0i s\u00e9r a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a portrett m\u00e1lari \u00ed upphafi listferils s\u00edns, en byrja\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0an a\u00f0 m\u00e1la landslagsmyndir me\u00f0 vatnslitum \u00feegar systurd\u00f3ttir hans d\u00f3, en h\u00fan haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 hans helsta fyrirs\u00e6ta. Magn\u00fas dvaldi \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum \u00ed r\u00fam 12 \u00e1r og stunda\u00f0i me\u00f0al annars n\u00e1m \u00fear. Hann giftist listakonunni Barb\u00f6ru Moray Williams \u00c1rnason og hlotna\u00f0ist Ger\u00f0arsafni s\u00e1 hei\u00f0ur a\u00f0 eignast miki\u00f0 af verkum eftir \u00feau hj\u00f3nin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bj\u00f6rn Th. Bj\u00f6rnsson skrifa\u00f0i eftirfarandi um Magn\u00fas: \u201e\u00deeim sem a\u00f0eins kynntust tignu lj\u00faflyndi og pers\u00f3nu f\u00e1gun Magn\u00fasar \u00c1. \u00c1 \u00c1rnasonar g\u00e6tu ef til vill virzt a\u00f0 sl\u00edkt ja\u00f0ra\u00f0i vi\u00f0 skapleysi. En \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00f6\u00f0ru n\u00e6r. \u00deegar um var a\u00f0 tefla r\u00e9ttl\u00e1t bar\u00e1ttum\u00e1l br\u00e6\u00f0ra hans og systra \u00ed listinni, \u00feegar r\u00e9ttl\u00e6tiskennd hans var misbo\u00f0i\u00f0 e\u00f0a sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isbar\u00e1ttan n\u00fdja kvaddi upp menn, \u00fe\u00e1 reis til li\u00f0s allt annar Magn\u00fas, sem skorti hvorki sko\u00f0anir n\u00e9 skap.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25597,"template":"","artwork-category":[237],"artists":[210],"class_list":["post-25599","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-collection-property","artists-magnus-a-arnason"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/25599","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\/25599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork-category?post=25599"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=25599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}