| Gunnella and Fishing Boats in Icelandic Art by Bruce McMillan, 2008  They Both Have Retired 2007 |
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As an island nation, boats and fishing have been the lifeblood of Iceland. It follows that Iceland's artists would reflect that. The boats in Gunnella's painting, above, one retired and one still working, are Gunnella's expression of this. Below are some random examples of small boats in Icelandic art in chronological order, stepping back in time to 1915. |
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| The Church on Flatey Island in Breidafjordur, 2008 | ||
| In the church on Flatey Island in Breidafjordur, Western Iceland, Baltasar Samper painted the island life on the ceiling in 1990. The church is being repaired and the painting being restored in 2008. | 1990 |
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| Gunnlaugur Blöndal painted Frá Reykjavíkurhöfn / From Reykjavík Harbor in 1955. | 1955 |
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| Þorvaldur Skúlason painted Bátar í fjöru / Boats on the Beach in 1942. | 1942 |
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| Finnur Jónsson painted Sjómaður / Fisherman in 1940. | 1940 |
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| Ásgeir Bjarnþórsson painted Morgunn á miðinu / Today's Catch in 1927. Around 1974 when Ásgeir Bjarnþórsson was old and had stopped painting, he gave some private lessons in his home. The lessons were in oil painting and the student was a young woman from the art school. That woman was Gunnella. This is where Gunnella first learned how to use oils. Under his guidance, she painted some still lifes. |
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| Guðmundur Thorsteinsson, author and illustrator of Iceland's classic children's book, Dimmalimm, drew Á fjallavatninu / On the Highland Lake, with pencil on paper in 1916. | 1916 |
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| Finally, Guðmundur Thorsteinsson painted this oil painting, Frá Siglufirði / From Siglufjörður, in 1915. | 1915 |
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| This last painting, done about fifty years before Gunnella was born, is of a place familiar to her. As a child, Gunnella spent many summers in the far northern fishing village of Siglufjörður where her grandmother lived. Those visits and those memories still have a profound influence in her painting. Read about Gunnella in Siglufjörður here. Bruce McMillan, 2008 |
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