Barbara Árnason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Barbara Árnason

English-born Icelandic artist and illustrator (1911-1977)

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1911

Place of Birth: Petersfield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1977

Profession: artist, illustrator, sculptor

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Barbara Árnason

  • Barbara Moray Williams Árnason (19 April 1911 – 1975) was an English-born Icelandic artist, known for book illustrations, engravings in wood, and watercolours. Born in Petersfield, she was the twin sister of writer and illustrator Ursula Moray Williams.
  • She attended Winchester College of Art and the Royal College of Art.
  • Soon after graduating she was asked to illustrate Icelandic sagas, which resulted in her travelling to Iceland in 1936, where she met sculptor and painter Magnús Á.
  • Árnason.
  • They married in 1937 and she moved to Iceland the same year.She was already known as a book illustrator before moving to Iceland, and also became known there for pioneering work in wood engraving and for watercolours of landscapes and children.
  • She also worked with textiles, and in her final years with water-colour engraving.
  • In 1952, she painted a mural titled Children at Play in the assembly hall of the Melaskóli, a school in Reykjavík.
  • She also created a large number of decorative plaques, some of which can still be seen near the school.
  • She illustrated and designed covers for many children's books, but also illustrated the Passion Hymns of Hallgrímur Pétursson, which took her seven years.The Gerðarsafn art museum in Kópavogur, which holds a collection of her work, held a centennial exhibition for her in 2011, the opening presided over by the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.
  • Work by her was also included in the exhibition Perspectives - On the Borders of Art and Philosophy at the Reykjavík Art Museum the same year.

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