Английская Википедия:Gerður Helgadóttir

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Expand Icelandic Шаблон:Icelandic name Шаблон:Infobox artist Gerður Helgadóttir (1928–1975) was an Icelandic sculptor and stained glass artist.[1]

She studied at the Art and Craft School of Iceland (MHÍ), in Denmark, at the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris.[2] Perhaps her most noted work was her stained glass in Skálholt Cathedral and the church in Kópavogur.[3][4]

Honours

In 1974, she was awarded the Order of the Falcon.

Artworks

In the 1960s, Gerður produced geometric ironworks which earned her notoriety as a pioneer of three-dimensional abstract artworks in Iceland.[1] Gerður was renowned for her glass works, which decorate six churches in Iceland alone.[3]

In 1973, she created a large mosaic at the Tollhús in Hafnarstræti in Reykjavík which was one of the largest artworks to have been produced in Iceland up until that point.[3]

Death

After Gerður's death the contents of her studio in Paris were rescued by her friend Elin Palmadottir and her sister Unnur and moved to Iceland.[5] They were donated to the city of Kópavogur with the conditions that they build a museum in her honor and preserve and showcase her work.[6] The Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum opened in 1994.

Файл:Catedral de Skálholt, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-16, DD 135.JPG
Stained glass window works within the Skalholt Church created by Gerdur Helgadottir.

External links

Other sources

  • Elín Pálmadóttir, (1998) Gerður: ævisaga myndhöggvara önnur útgáfa (Listasafn KópavogsGerðarsafn).
  • Gerður Helgadóttir myndhöggvari (1995) (Listasafn Kópavogs – Gerðarsafn).

References

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