Discover Europe by Art National painters 2005 – 2006 Iceland
Dec 16, 2015
Discover Europe by Art
National painters
2005 – 2006
Iceland
Painters
We decided on two painters; Muggur and Nína
Pupils in 2nd grade worked with Muggur and pupils in 7th grade worked with Nína
Muggur Nína
The play Dimmalimm by Muggur
-Muggur-
About Muggur• Muggur (Guðmundur
Thorsteinsson) was born on the 5th
of September 1891.• Muggur was 12 years old when he
moved with his family to Denmark and there he learned his art.
• Muggur also studied in Germany, USA and Italy.
• Muggur sailed to Italy 1921 to work on a triptych. On this journey he wrote his famous children´s story Dimmalimm.
• Muggur died in Denmark the 26th of July 1924
The work of MuggurMuggur was versatile artist. He did collages, coal- and chalk pictures. He also made pencil-, watercolours- and oil paintings. Muggur whittled animals and did patchwork etc.Muggur was also know as a good actor. He played in Icelandic movie. He was fond of fairy-tales of knights, trolls and hidden peoples.
And then the work started. The pupils got there guidance from our art teacher, Anna. The theme was trolls.
Christmas greetings: Children of trolls
Watercolours
Picture by 2nd grade pupil
Watercolours
Pictures by pupils in 2nd grade
Silk and silk paint
Halibut
Silk, remnant, wool yarn and skin of a mole
The pupils in 2nd grade performed a play based on Muggur´s story about Dimmalimm.
-Nína-
About Nína• Nína (Jónína Tryggvadóttir) was born
on the 16th of March 1913.• Nína was taught drawing by Ásgrímur
Jónsson, one of the pioneers of Icelandic art. She went to private art school run by painters Finnur Jónsson and Jóhann Briem.
• Nína moved to Copenhagen 1935 to study in Royal Academy of Art and then to Paris 1939.
• Nína studied in New York from 1943 – 1946.
• Nína lived in Paris and New York but visited Iceland a lot.
• Nína married a German-American medical scientist, Alfred L. Copley, who became a wel known painter.
• Nína died in New York 1968.
Nína was not afraid to trynew things in art. Shedid oil paintings, mosaic works, poems and children’s books. She also worked with glass and painted portraits of many of the most beloved Icelandic writers.
The work of Nína
Picture by pupil in 7th grade
Collage
Abstraction - picture by Nína Tryggvadóttir
Pictures by pupils in 7th grade
Liquid poster paint
Once up a time there was a lady, who worked and span,but didn´t not at allwant to have a husband.She just had catssix beautiful, delicate catsand for them she worked
Einu sinni var kona,sem eldaði og spannen langaði ekkert tilað eiga sér mann.Hún átti bara ketti,sex fagrar, fínar kisurog fyrir þeim hún vann.
Kötturinn sem hvarf – The cat who disappeared