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He was also noted for his murals in various churches in Iceland.
Works
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Landscape, Iceland
Icelandic landscape
Chutes d’Hafragilsfoss en Islande
Möðruvellir í Hörgárdal, Island
Landscape
Parti fra Husafelli, Iceland
Strúttur og Eiríksjökull, Iceland
Landscape, Iceland
Thingvalla, Iceland
Isländskt landskap
Bjerglandskab
Fjeldlandskab, Thingvalla, Island
Membership
He was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and Knight of Dannebrog, first class.
A number of his works are on display in the National Gallery of Iceland.
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Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876–1958) was one of the pioneers of Icelandic visual art and the first Icelandic painter to make art his main profession. His painting style is similar to the French impressionists like Corot.
His painting style is similar to the French impressionists like Corot. He painted both with watercolors and oil paint and occupies a unique place in Icelandic art history as a watercolor artist. In 1897 he moved to Copenhagen. Before him are Joseph Noel Paton, Kiki Smith, Hans Eworth, Arthur Dove, Oldřich Lajsek, and Jaroslav Čermák.
After him are Sverre Hassel, Elisabeth Moore, Thomas Mofolo, Sidney Robinson, Pietro Speciale, and Ernest Esclangon. Before him are Robert Lindsay, Petr Bezruč, Konstantin Yuon, Harry Spanjer, Charles King, and Georgy Ivanov.
Ásgrímur was also a pioneer in the illustration of Icelandic folktales and adventures and remains one of Iceland's most prolific folktale illustrators.
Ásgrímur painted in nature and made a particular effort to interpret the light of the land. After 1940 his work methods became more organic and his art was characterized by colorful expressionism.
Ásgrímur Jónsson died in 1958 and bequeathed all his own works that remained in his possession to the Icelandic nation, along with a property at Bergstaðastræti 74 in Reykjavík.
After him are Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Teitur Thordarson (1952), Einar Arnórsson (1880), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), and Jón Þorláksson (1877).
Others born in Iceland
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M. Trevelyan, Ernest Henry Wilson, Pyotr Konchalovsky, and Stepan Erzia. The Ásgrímur Jónsson Collection was opened in his house in 1960. After him are Alfredo Zibechi, Olaf Gulbransson, Francis Carco, Josep Irla, Doris Humphrey, and George Orton.
Others Born in 1876
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Among people born in Iceland, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 80 out of 190.
The subjects of his pictures are mostly the landscapes of his home country, particularly mountains. Ásgrímur was also a pioneer in the illustration of Icelandic folktales and adventures and remains one of Iceland's most prolific folktale illustrators.
Ásgrímur painted in nature and made a particular effort to interpret the light of the land.
Background
Ásgrímur was born on March 4, 1876, on the farm Suðurkot in Rútsstaðahverfi in South Iceland's Flói region. Before him are Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), Sigurður Eggerz (1875), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Hera Björk (1972), and Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888). His vision of nature was shaped by 19th-century romanticism, and he remained faithful to that vision, though his emphases and work methods changed over the course of a career spanning nearly 60 years.
These consisted of 192 oil paintings and 277 water colours together with a great number of unfinished pictures dating from various periods in his life.
During his lifetime Ásgrímur Jónsson was honoured in many ways. Ásgrímur Jónsson is the 1,829th most popular painter (up from 1,834th in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 69th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Painter.
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Among PAINTERS
Among painters, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 1,829 out of 2,023.
After him are William Merritt Chase, Samuel Palmer, William Kentridge, Kenyon Cox, David Wilkie, and Józef Pankiewicz.
Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJoseph Noel Paton
1821 - 1901
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 1,823
Kiki Smith
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 1,824
Hans Eworth
1520 - 1574
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 1,825
Arthur Dove
1880 - 1946
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 1,826
Oldřich Lajsek
1925 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 1,827
Jaroslav Čermák
1830 - 1878
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 1,828
Ásgrímur Jónsson
1876 - 1958
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 1,829
William Merritt Chase
1849 - 1916
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 1,830
Samuel Palmer
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 1,831
William Kentridge
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 1,832
Kenyon Cox
1856 - 1919
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 1,833
David Wilkie
1785 - 1841
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 1,834
Józef Pankiewicz
1866 - 1940
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 1,835
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1876, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 176.
After 1940 his work methods became more organic and his art was characterized by colorful expressionism.
Ásgrímur Jónsson died in 1958 and bequeathed all his own works that remained in his possession to the Icelandic nation, along with a property at Bergstaðastræti 74 in Reykjavík.