{"id":21572,"date":"2023-05-15T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/?page_id=21572"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:49:15","slug":"safneign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/safneign\/safneign\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara \u00c1rnason"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21572\" class=\"elementor elementor-21572\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcbd129 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcbd129\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/safneign\/\">About Ger\u00f0arsafn's collection<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121d375d ecs-nav-layout-vertical elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none e--pointer-none elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger ecs-toggle-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"121d375d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-down\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 320 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M31.3 192h257.3c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L174.1 354.8c-7.8 7.8-20.5 7.8-28.3 0L17.2 226.1C4.6 213.5 13.5 192 31.3 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class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Barbara \u00c1rnason<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-22254\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/safneign\/gerdur-helgadottir\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Ger\u00f0ur Helgad\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-22780\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/safneign\/magnus-a-arnason\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Magn\u00fas \u00c1.\u00a0\u00c1rnason<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-22779\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/safneign\/valgerdur-briem\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Valger\u00f0ur Briem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6b97ca\" data-id=\"b6b97ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bed993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bed993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ba-melaskolinn-malar-og-vm-horf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-21581\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ba-melaskolinn-malar-og-vm-horf.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ba-melaskolinn-malar-og-vm-horf-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738c153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"738c153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Barbara \u00c1rnason\u00a0(1911-1975)<\/h3><p>In 1983, K\u00f3pavogur received a generous gift of artwork from the Barbara and Magn\u00fasar \u00c1. \u00c1rnason\u00a0 Memorial Fund. In total, these were almost 300 works of art, of which about 100 works by Barbara, drawings, woodcuts, watercolours, prints and watercolours.\u00a0<\/p><p>Barbara Moray Williams was born in the south of England on April 19, 1911. She was an outstanding student at the University of the Arts in London. She first came to Iceland in 1936 and met her future husband, the artist Magn\u00fas \u00c1. \u00c1rnason. The following year they got married and lived in Reykjav\u00edk for the first few years, but moved to K\u00f3pavogur in the summer of 1959 and lived there ever since.<br \/>Barbara and Magn\u00fas \u00c1 \u00c1rnason both practiced their art with great diligence throughout their lives, and they left behind a large number of works. As a result, various other artists moved to K\u00f3pavogur. Barbara died at the end of 1975.<br \/>Barbara&#8217;s works are known by the whole nation. In addition to the numerous exhibitions she held in Iceland and the retrospectives held in her honor, Barbara participated in numerous group exhibitions abroad and had pictures at international graphic art exhibitions.<br \/>Barbara had written and decorated books since she was a child. As a child, she and her twin sister Ursula had a tradition of exchanging books on birthdays and Christmas, which they wrote and illustrated, both aspiring to be writers. Barbara was a clever illustrator and could easily change her style depending on the content and spirit of the books she was illustrating. Fine and quality workmanship combined with a sensitive sense of decoration characterize Barbara&#8217;s book decorations, and they are traditionally considered to mark a turning point in Icelandic book publishing.<\/p><p>On the occasion of the artist&#8217;s centenary on April 19, 2011, a retrospective exhibition of her works was opened in Ger\u00f0arsafn. Over 250 works by the artist were on display as well as a number of illustrated books, Christmas and occasion cards, Christmas tags and more that Barbara had decorated. Many of the works in the exhibition were privately owned and had never before been on public view.<br \/>In the west hall there were watercolor paintings by Barbara, but they include testimony about the settlements in Iceland that she visited with her husband between 1937 and 1975. She painted her last watercolors in \u00deingvellir the summer before she died. Then she painted children&#8217;s pictures, which became very popular, as well as pictures of animals and wild and indoor flowers.<br \/>In the east hall you could, among other things, see work done by Barbara from lopa. These works include both tapestries and fashion products. Barbara&#8217;s woolen works are one of the most original contributions to Icelandic weaving art in the last century. She showed them many times in Paris and sold well.<br \/>On the lower floor of Ger\u00f0arsafn, there were works by Barbara that showed how she managed to amazingly master the extremely precise and difficult technique of wood carving. Barbara laid the foundation for Icelandic print art with her woodblocks and is considered one of the pioneers in that field in this country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara \u00c1rnason\u00a0(1911-1975) In 1983, K\u00f3pavogur received a generous gift of artwork from the Barbara and Magn\u00fasar \u00c1. \u00c1rnason\u00a0 Memorial Fund. In total, these were almost 300 works of art, of which about 100 works by Barbara, drawings, woodcuts, watercolours, prints and watercolours.\u00a0 Barbara Moray Williams was born in the south of England on April 19, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21581,"parent":21941,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"staff":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21572","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21572\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}