Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval
01.06.60 – 25.06.60
In 1960, Kunstnernes Hus showed the Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval exhibition, which consisted of oil paintings, brush drawings, watercolours, marker drawings, chalk drawings, charcoal drawings and gouaches made by the Icelandic artist Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval. This was the first exhibition of Kjarval's collected works in Norway.
58 works had been collected for the exhibition on loan from institutions, public and private collections.
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885-1972) was an Icelandic painter. He used elements from impressionism, symbolism and expressionism which he mixed to create his own expression. Originally, Kjarval was a fisherman and sailor, but during a trip to England he was so taken by the landscape paintings of William Turner that he wanted to become a painter himself. He then trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Kjarval often painted the Icelandic landscape, often in an expressionist style, and with elements from surrealism and cubism.
Kjarval is represented by, among others, the National Museum.
Extract from the catalogue
Direksjonen for Kunstnernes Hus overbringer herved en hjertelig takk til de personer, institusjoner og samlinger som ved enestående elskverdighet og interesse gjennom utlån og på annen måte har hjulpet til å få denne sjeldne utstilling istand. Vanskelighetene var mange og når de nu lykkelig er ryddet av veien skyldes dette i første rekke et varmt interessert arbeide fra Islands undervisningsminister, Dr. Gylfi b. Gislason, herr Bjarne Børde, Norges Ambassadør i Reykjavik og herr Ragnar J6nsson, som vi herfor bringer vår varmeste takk. Likeledes retter vi en takk til Ambassadør Haraldur Gudmundsson som har stilt seg som utstillingens beskytter.
Det har tidligere aldri vært vist noen samlet utstilling av J6hannes Sveinsson Kjarvals kunst her i Norge. Men det har lenge vært et ønske å få se en større samling av hans verk. Det er derfor med største glede vi ønsker kunstneren og hans utstilling velkommen til Oslo.
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Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885-1972) was an Icelandic painter. In his paintings, he used elements from impressionism, symbolism and expressionism which he mixed to create his own expression. Originally, Kjarval was a fisherman and sailor, but during a trip to England he was so taken by the landscape paintings of William Turner that he wanted to become a painter himself. He then got an art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Kjarval painted the Icelandic landscape a lot, often in an expressionist style, and with elements from surrealism and cubism.Kjarval is represented by, among others, the National Museum.
