Páll Guðmundsson
Páll Guðmundsson was born in Húsafell in the west of Iceland (where he still lives), he has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany. Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out of the rock he finds around Húsafell. He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson.
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Páll Guðmundsson
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- Name
- Páll Guðmundsson
- Birthplace
- Húsafell, Iceland
- Known for
- sculptor
- Training
- the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany
- Born
- 1959 · Húsafell.
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- sculptor · musician
- Languages
- Icelandic · English
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Páll Guðmundsson was born in Húsafell in the west of Iceland (where he still lives), he has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany. Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out of the rock he finds around Húsafell. He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson.
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Páll is also working as a musician with a unique idiophone, a large xylophone-like instrument made of stones called the Steinharpa. He crafted the instrument himself using stones found around his home. Páll is also the custodian of the legendary Húsafell Stone.
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• Name — Páll Guðmundsson • Birth Name — Páll Guðmundsson • Birthplace — Húsafell, Iceland • Known for — sculptor • Training — the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany
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