30/01/2012 | 12:58
Event of the Week: Dreamland
Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir Exhibition:
My Dreamland in the North – Karen Agnete Þórarinsson
The painter Karen Agnete (1903-1992) was one of many Danish women who married an Icelander and moved with their husbands to Iceland from Copenhagen in the first half of the 20th century. She and her husband met while studying at the Danish Art Academy.
Karen Agnete was fascinated by Iceland and Icelanders, and for six decades she painted and exhibited her works all over Iceland and became a respected and well-known painter.
The current exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir highlights the types of paintings she concentrated on: portraits, moods of nature, flowers and still life.
The exhibition’s title is a line from the poem “Bláskógavegur” by Einar Benediktsson.
The exhibition is curated by Hrafnhildur Schram. On display until March 4.
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús
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