Adalsteinn (44 risultati)

Quarterly publication, 88pp. Illustrated throughout. Very good or better condition. Articles include: The Reverend Hanna Maria - Writer Steinunn Sigurdardottir visits one of Iceland's few pratising women pastors; Fishing for Caviar by Illugi Jokulsson - Small one-man lumpfish boats going out to sea at dawn are a sure sign of spr…

Quarterly publication, 88pp. Illustrated throughout. Very good or better condition. Articles include: A Building With a Past (Originally built as a prison, Reykjavik's dignified Government House now contains the offices of the President and Prime Minister, by Illugi Jokulsson; Winter - Swiss photographer Max Schmid captures the…

Kjarval (1885û1972) æYou shouldnÆt take art too seriously û itÆs far too serious for that.Æ J?hannes Kjarval (1959) By common consent, J?hannes Sveinsson Kjarval is the greatest painter Iceland has produced, as well as the most Icelandic in temperament. The book contains 37 pictures of various techniques and is made with the hel…

Quarterly publication, 80pp. Illustrated throughout. Very good or better condition. Articles include: Surtsey Two Decades Later - Biologist Dr. Sturla Fridriksson traces the evolution of life on the world's youngest island; Gudbrandur's Bible - The Rev. Sigurbjorn Einarsson's preface to new facsimile edition of a historic work;…

Quarterly publication, 72pp. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy or better copy. Articles include: The Last Great Modernist in Icelandic Art - Adalsteinn Ingolfsson talks to Svavar Gudnason, an influential figure in painting both at home and abroad; Glimpse of a Vanished World - A look into the past, as it is preserved at t…

Quarterly publication, 80pp. Illustrated throughout. Very good or better condition. Articles include: Solvi Helgason - Adalsteinn Ingolfsson introduces an eccentric 19th-Century naive artist; Artists in Search of the Primordial Landscape - Natural forces provide inspiration for two American artists; Last Days of the Commonwealth…

Quarterly publication, 80pp. Illustrated throughout. Short tear to spine heel else a very good copy. Articles include: Visions from the Past - Naive artist Sigurlaug Jonasdottir talks to Adalsteinn Ingolfsson; The Hidden Bounty of Lake Thingvallavatn - Latest research throws new light on murta, the little fish caught for centuri…

[1931]. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 255pp. Blue and green patterned cloth with gilt lettering. Frontispiece with tissue guard, notes. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, faded on the spine and worn around the edges, and there is a previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Introduction by J.T. Thorson. (Idea…

The investigative treatment of nature, transcendence, and the issue of contextual relations make this exhibition of contemporary Nordic artists strong. Artists are: Jane Balsgaard, Kristjan Gudmundsson, Marianne Heske, Marja Kanervo, Henrietta Lehtonen, Jukka Makela, Katarina Norling, Balder Olrik, Ina Rosing, Salong 3+, Helene…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Iceland: Printed By Prenttaekni H.F., 1992. Undated, ca. 1992. In English and Icelandic. Includes sixteen full color plates of Baltasar's works, brief biography, essays, etc. Tan softcover with small chip to spine edge, firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings. Fi…