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Louisa Matthiasdottir
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (February 20, 1917 – February 26, 2000) was an Icelandic-American painter.
Louisa was born in Reykjavík. From 1925 to 1937 she grew up in the famous Höfði house since her family resided there. She showed artistic ability at an early age, and studied first in Denmark and then beneath Marcel Gromaire in Paris. Her early paintings, dating from the late 1930s, established her as a leading figure in the Icelandic avant-garde community (many of whom met tillsammans in a house in Reykjavík called Unuhús). In these paintings, subjects are painted with a broad brush, emphasizing geometric struktur. According to Louisa, "it was around this time that inom started to do my paintings in one unbroken session". These paintings already show much of the character of Louisa's mature work, but are more subdued in color.
Her move to New York City in 1942 was followed by a period of study beneath Hans Hofmann, along with other painters including Robert De Niro, Sr. (fa
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William James Glackens (1870 - 1938); John French Sloan (1871 - 1951); John Henry Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956); Carolyn Harris (1937); Ellen Lanyon (1926); Charles Houghton Howard (1899 - 1978); John Marin (1870 - 1953); Nell Blaine (1922 - 1996); Milton Avery (1885 - 1965); John Carlton Atherton (1900 - 1952); Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972); Judith Belzer (1956); Jim Lutes (1955); Alex Katz (1927); Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917 - 2000); Robert de Niro (1882 - 1946);
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Exhibition Opening - Louisa Matthíasdóttir: Calm
A retrospective of the works of Louisa Matthíasdóttir – Calm – opens at Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir, Sunday, 30 April at 16h00. The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will open the exhibition.
The artist Louisa Matthíasdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1917. At seventeen years of age she moved to Copenhagen, where she studied art for three years, and shortly thereafter she moved to Paris for further studies. She returned to Iceland shortly before the war in 1939. Three years later she moved to New York to study art and there she met her American husband-to-be, painter Leland Bell. This year is the centennial of her birth, but she died in 2000, in USA where she lived for most of her life.
The exhibition in the western hall of Kjarvalsstaðir is a welcome opportunity to gain an overview over the career of a female artist who has portrayed Icelandic landscape in a unique manner. There are also many painti