Ragnar Kjartansson
Ragnar • Illustration — Ragnar Kjartansson, 1972 Ragnar Kjartansson (1923–1989) was an Icelandic sculptor. He was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society which he established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir and others. He was also the founder of Glit, Ltd., the only ceramic factory in the country.
Ragnar Kjartansson
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- 1923 · Snæfellsnes.
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- sculptor · ceramicist
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Ragnar • Illustration — Ragnar Kjartansson, 1972 Ragnar Kjartansson (1923–1989) was an Icelandic sculptor. He was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society which he established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir and others. He was also the founder of Glit, Ltd., the only ceramic factory in the country.
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Born at Snæfellsnes in 1923, died in Reykjavík in 1988.
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