Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Einfarar í íslenskri myndlist

Ásgeir Emilsson's house in Seyðisfjörð / Oskar Magnusson and Blómey Stefánsdóttir with their woven portrait of Joseph Stalin (late 1970's) / Eggert Magnússon, A Falconer in Hamburg, 1984 / Ísleifur Konráðsson, Hofgardar, The farmstead of a Saga-period settler, 1962 / Gunnar Gudmundsson and Guðmunda Jónsdóttir's living room / Stefan Jonsson of Möðrudalur, Sheep of Mount Herdubreid, 1982 / Grima, Leaf boats (no date)
from Naive and Fantastic Art in Iceland, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson, Iceland Review, Reykjavik, 1989 (previously)

This one goes to Will Schofield of 50Watts (formerly A Journey Round My Skull). Stopping Off Place was recently honoured with a two part feature on Will's mindbending blog. See his selection of the best of Stopping Off Place in Black & White and Colour. Thanks!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Ísleifur Konráðsson

The paintings of Ísleifur Konráðsson from Naive and Fantastic Art in Iceland, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson, Iceland Review, Reykjavik, 1989 (Mount Herubreid, The Queen of the Highlands (1961), A view of the farm of Rif on Snæfellsnes when Björn was rich and alive (1964), The World of Elves (1961))

Ísleifur Konráðsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) 1889-1972
(born one year before, and died the same year as, Joseph Yoakum!)