Gunnlaugur Blöndal (1893-1962)

Pastel - 50 x 66 cm - Paris 1930

Studied art in Denmark, Norway and France, and introduced European metropolitan movements to Iceland in the 1920s and 1930s.

He is known for his icelandic landscapes, portraits and paintings of models, typified by a voluptuous and playful style.

Girl with Comb - 74 x 60 cm - 1937

Data:

Education

1909-1913 Studied with Stefáni Eiríkssyni, Reykjavík, Iceland
1913 Det Tekniske Selskabs Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark
1916-1918 Studied with Christian Krogh, Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo, Norway
1923 Académie André Lhote, París, France
1924-1929 Studied with Fernand Léger, París, France

Solo-Exhibitions

1922 K.F.U.M. Reykjavík, Iceland
1926 Galerie Billiet, París, France
1926 Góðtemplarahúsið - Gúttó, Reykjavík, Iceland
1932 Austurstræti 16, hús Nathans og Olsens, Reykjavík, Iceland
1932 Galerie Billiet, París, France
1938 Odense, Denmark
1938 Konstnärhuset Stockholm, Sweden
1955 Pinacoteca, Barcelona, Spain
1961 Yfirlitssýning Listasafn Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 Gunnlaugur Blöndal, Aldarminning Listasafn Reykjavíkur - Kjarvalsstaðir/Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

Group-Exhibitions

1925 Salon d'Automne, París, France
1926 5th Nordic Art Exhibition, París, France
1926 Exhibition with group of french painters, Tokyo, Japan
1927 Udstilling af Islandsk Kunst. Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1928 Moderne isländische Malerei, Die Nordische Gesellschaft, Germany
1930 Salon d'Automne, París, France
1932 Isländsk konst, Galerie Moderne, Stockholm, Sweden
1932 Isländsk konst, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
1938 Bergen, Norway
1938 Gothenburg, Sweden
1941 Nordisk Kunst. Svensk-dansk-islandsk udstilling af maleri og skulptur, Århus-Hallen, Århus, Denmark
1947 Oslo, Norway
1948 Copenhagen, Denmark
1949 Stockholm, Sweden
1950 Nordic Art, (Pohjoismaiden taidetta), Ateneum Konsthall, Helsinki, Finland
1952 Art Islandais / Ijslandse kunst. Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1962 Kiel, Germany
1967 Isländische Malerei, Lübeck, Germany

Works represented in Icelandic Museums

Hafnarborg, menningar- og listastofnun Hafnarfjarðar Hafnarfirði, Iceland
Listasafn Árnesinga Selfoss, Iceland
Listasafn ASÍ Reykjavík, Iceland
Listasafn Háskóla Íslands Reykjavík, Iceland
Listasafn Íslands Reykjavík, Iceland
Listasafn Kópavogs - Gerðarsafn Kópavogur, Iceland
Listasafn Reykjavíkur / The Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Works represented in Museums in other countries

Museè d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Nationalmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

Goverment property

1956 The Icelandic "Alting" (Parliament house), Reykjavík, Íceland

Press and litterature

1930.08.27. Morgunblaðið Kristján Albertsson
1938 Gunnlaugur Blöndal. Edition Arthur Jensen, Copenhagen. Chr. Rimestad
1943 Helgafell, 2. árg. jólahefti. Tómas Guðmundsson Listamaðurinn Gunnlaugur Blöndal, s. 367-370 Greinin birtist aftur í bókinni um Gunnlaug sem Helgafell gaf úr árið 1963
1963 Gunnlaugur Blöndal. Helgafell Formáli eftir Eggert Stefánsson
1993 Gunnlaugur Blöndal. Listasafn Reykjavíkur
2001 Gunnlaugur Blöndal listmálari 1893-1962. Félagsvísindadeild, Háskóli Íslands Sigríður Bjarnadóttir