Einar Jónsson

Einar Jónsson (May 11, 1874 in Galtafell, Iceland, † August 18, 1954 ) was the first sculptor from Iceland, who became known to an international audience.

Life

Einar Jónsson was the son of a farmer. The painter Asgrimur Jónsson was his brother. At age 19 in 1893 Einar went to Copenhagen, where he was a pupil of Stephan Abel Sinding.

Eight years later, Einar debuted in 1901 with his first solo exhibition in Charlotte Borg. His plastic Outlaw brought him a handsome stipend of the Althing of Iceland. In return, Einar made ​​a long study tour of Germany and Italy. Between 1915 and 1916 he lived in the United States, where he built a monument in Philadelphia in honor of Thorfinn Karlsefni, the first Icelandic immigrants. Then he created still in Winnipeg a war memorial.

Back in Iceland Einar gave his country with an extremely generous donation. These works can be seen as a permanent exhibit in a museum of its own still. In the capital Reykjavík is home to some stills Einar Jónsson. King Christian IX, hymn writer Hallgrímur Pétursson, Ingólfur Arnarson (first settlers of Iceland ) and others

At the age of 80 years the sculptor Einar Jónsson 1954 died.

Einar Jónsson tends partially to heroic and monumental sculptures, as one can see in his account of the first settler Ingólfur Arnarson at the Lækjargatan in Reykjavík. Motivlich he sat mostly deals with the history of his country. So come from him also the work Outlaw before the ice cathedral of Akureyri, which was created under the influence of Auguste Rodin. Also mythological motifs are frequently found with him. Examples of this can be found, for example, the Einar Jónsson Museum, next to the Hallgrims or in the neighboring sculpture garden.

The crucible

The protection

Light and Shadow