Sigurður Guðmundsson painter # 61792
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Sigurður Guðmundsson painter. Autobiography. Jón Auðuns was in charge of the publication.
Sigurður Guðmundsson (Sigurður the Painter) was born in Helluland in Hegranes on March 9, 1833, and went to study in Copenhagen in 1848. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and returned to Iceland in 1858, after which he worked as a drawing teacher, made portraits, and painted altarpieces. He also wrote about planning issues in Reykjavík and presented an idea for an outdoor recreation area in Laugardalur. Sigurður was a leader in the establishment of the Museum of Antiquities in 1863. The Museum of Antiquities later became the National Museum of Iceland. In a memoir in Þjóðólfr on April 24, 1862, he wrote about the importance of such a museum for understanding the nationality of Icelanders and the history of the country. He also worked extensively on theater, designing costumes, painting actors, and making sets.
Sigurður wrote the article "On women's clothing in Iceland, past and present" in 1857 in Ný félagsrit. He created a new Icelandic women's costume, a skautbúning or festive costume, from the old faldbúning and also designed a lighter faldbúning called a kyrtill that could be worn for dancing, as a bridal costume and a confirmation costume. Sigurður Guðmundsson died on September 7, 1874 and was buried by a number of women in skautbúning with black veils over the hem.
Numerous photographs by Sigurður adorn the book.
Sigurður Guðmundsson (Sigurður the Painter) was born in Helluland in Hegranes on March 9, 1833, and went to study in Copenhagen in 1848. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and returned to Iceland in 1858, after which he worked as a drawing teacher, made portraits, and painted altarpieces. He also wrote about planning issues in Reykjavík and presented an idea for an outdoor recreation area in Laugardalur. Sigurður was a leader in the establishment of the Museum of Antiquities in 1863. The Museum of Antiquities later became the National Museum of Iceland. In a memoir in Þjóðólfr on April 24, 1862, he wrote about the importance of such a museum for understanding the nationality of Icelanders and the history of the country. He also worked extensively on theater, designing costumes, painting actors, and making sets.
Sigurður wrote the article "On women's clothing in Iceland, past and present" in 1857 in Ný félagsrit. He created a new Icelandic women's costume, a skautbúning or festive costume, from the old faldbúning and also designed a lighter faldbúning called a kyrtill that could be worn for dancing, as a bridal costume and a confirmation costume. Sigurður Guðmundsson died on September 7, 1874 and was buried by a number of women in skautbúning with black veils over the hem.
Numerous photographs by Sigurður adorn the book.