{"id":12221,"date":"2017-04-10T22:47:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skaftfell.avistaserver.com\/?p=12221&lang=en"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T10:00:34","slug":"one-of-skaftfells-main-benefactors-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.skaftfell.is\/en\/one-of-skaftfells-main-benefactors-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Skaftfell’s main benefactors passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Skaftfell\u00b4s main benefactor\u2019s, Gar\u00f0ar Eymundsson, recently passed away. Eymundsson and his wife Kar\u00f3l\u00edna \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir made a significant contribution to the establishment of Skaftfell Art Center when they donated the house on Austurvegur 42 to the Skaftfell Group back in 1996. Subsequently, the organisational development started with the aim of strengthening the cultural life of Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The first board was appointed in 1998 and the gallery was inaugurated one year later.<\/p>\n

Exhibitions in the developing years included: Boekie Woekie in 1996, Exhibition for everything \u2013 in honour and memory of Dieter Roth in 1998, Bernd Koberling, Bj\u00f6rn Roth & Dieter Roth in 1999.<\/p>\n

In a newspaper interview with Gar\u00f0ar and his daughter Gr\u00e9ta published in 2000, they expressed their ambition to host international exhibitions, to develop a connection with the European art scene, to run a residency for artists and scholars and organize workshops for children and teenagers.<\/p>\n

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From a young age Eymundsson was very interested in art where he painted landscapes during his studies, which sold immediately. He painted alongside his carpentry career and in his senior years took time to pursue art full time. He ran a studio and gallery in Nor\u00f0urgata for years and many students from the Icelandic Art Academy received guidance from him during the Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur workshop that started in 2001.<\/p>\n

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In 2009, Eymundsson opened the solo exhibition Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur\u00b4s Circle of Mountains<\/a> in the Skaftfell gallery. On display were the results of a fifteen-month long work process were Eymundsson had mapped the entire mountainscape of Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and drawn detailed pencil drawings of the landscape. In collaboration with Vilhj\u00e1lmur Hj\u00e1lmarsson from Mj\u00f3ifj\u00f6r\u00f0ur\u00a0he also illustrated the mountain line and registered the names of the mountains and peaks. In connection with the exhibition, Skaftfell published an artist book of 100 copies with all the drawings and place names. The first print batch sold out quickly and shortly after the book was reprinted.<\/p>\n

The contribution that Eymundsson and his family have made to the development of the cultural life in Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is invaluable and has had a ripple effect with many seedlings. His documentation of the natural environment of Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur was a great achievement that generations to come will enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Photos: Nikolas Grabar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of Skaftfell\u00b4s main benefactor\u2019s, Gar\u00f0ar Eymundsson, recently passed away. Eymundsson and his wife Kar\u00f3l\u00edna \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir made a significant contribution to the establishment of Skaftfell Art Center when they donated the house on Austurvegur 42 to the Skaftfell Group back in 1996. Subsequently, the organisational development started with the aim of strengthening the cultural life of Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The first board was appointed in 1998 and the gallery was inaugurated one year later. Exhibitions in the developing years included: Boekie Woekie in 1996, Exhibition for everything \u2013 in honour and memory of Dieter Roth in 1998, Bernd Koberling, Bj\u00f6rn Roth & [\u2026] <\/p>\n

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