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Sigurður Guðmundsson

Sigurður Guðmundsson was an Icelandic sculptor, painter, photographer, visual poet, conceptual artist and draftsperson (born 1942).

Also recorded as Sigurdur Gudmundsson · Sigurđur Guđmundsson

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Sjaan - Sigurður Guðmundsson, 2021. Werk uit 1987, Teniersplantsoen. Beeld uit een beeldenwandeling in Den Haag, zie fabiobruna.nl/haagse-beelden/

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Identity

Sigurður Guðmundsson studied at European Ceramics Work Center.

Works named in the authority record are Ocean Eye.

Work by Sigurður Guðmundsson is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Arnhem and CODA Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal and A. Roland Holst-Penning.

Sigurður Guðmundsson is recorded as sculptor, painter, photographer, visual poet and conceptual artist.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1942–2014

  1. 1942

    Life

    Sigurður Guðmundsson was born in 1942 at Reykjavík.

  2. 1970

    Institution

    Realisatie, dated 1970, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  3. 1970

    Institution

    Wij (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  4. 1970

    Institution

    Realisatie (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  5. 1971

    Institution

    Concentratie, dated 1971, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  6. 1971

    Institution

    Concentratie (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  7. 1973

    Institution

    Illustration II (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp), dated 1973, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  8. 1973

    Institution

    Illustration I (Little Red Riding Hood), dated 1973, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  9. 1975

    Institution

    Herinnering - Alsof 't gisteren gebeurd is, dated 1975, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  10. 1975

    Institution

    Study for Horizon, dated 1975, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  11. 1976

    Institution

    Regret, dated 1976, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  12. 1976

    Institution

    State, dated 1976, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  13. 1977

    Institution

    Statement, dated 1977, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  14. 1979

    Institution

    Fairy Tale, dated 1979, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  15. 1980

    Institution

    Triangle, dated 1980, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  16. 1986

    From the Series Urbilder, dated 1986, held by City of Pori art collection.

The full dated record · 20 entries

  1. 1942

    Sigurður Guðmundsson was born in 1942 at Reykjavík.

  2. 1970

    Realisatie, dated 1970, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  3. 1970

    Wij (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  4. 1970

    Realisatie (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  5. 1971

    Concentratie, dated 1971, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  6. 1971

    Concentratie (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).

  7. 1973

    Illustration II (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp), dated 1973, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  8. 1973

    Illustration I (Little Red Riding Hood), dated 1973, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  9. 1975

    Herinnering - Alsof 't gisteren gebeurd is, dated 1975, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  10. 1975

    Study for Horizon, dated 1975, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  11. 1976

    Regret, dated 1976, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  12. 1976

    State, dated 1976, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  13. 1977

    Statement, dated 1977, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  14. 1979

    Fairy Tale, dated 1979, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  15. 1980

    Triangle, dated 1980, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

  16. 1986

    From the Series Urbilder, dated 1986, held by City of Pori art collection.

  17. 1987

    Aan gene zijde van goed en kwaad, dated 1987, held by Schiphol art collection.

  18. 1991

    Encore I, II, III, dated 1991, held by City of Pori art collection.

  19. 1992

    Ocean Eye (Artscape Nordland).

  20. 2014

    EVE Online Monument.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Reykjavík
Birth
Plotted from the places the record itself names, at the scale of their own extent.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1956 to 2014.

  • Sigurður Guðmundsson

  • Wildzang

    1976

  • Ocean Eye

    1992 · Artscape Nordland

  • EVE Online Monument

    2014

  • Wij

    1970 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Realisatie

    1970 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Concentratie

    1971 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Illustration I (Little Red Riding Hood)

    1973 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Herinnering - Alsof 't gisteren gebeurd is

    1975 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Statement

    1977 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Illustration II (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp)

    1973 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Regret

    1976 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Fairy Tale

    1979 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

The complete catalogue · 36

  • Wildzang

    1976

  • Ocean Eye

    1992 · Artscape Nordland

  • EVE Online Monument

    2014

  • Wij

    1970 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Realisatie

    1970 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Concentratie

    1971 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Illustration I (Little Red Riding Hood)

    1973 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Herinnering - Alsof 't gisteren gebeurd is

    1975 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Statement

    1977 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Illustration II (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp)

    1973 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Regret

    1976 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Fairy Tale

    1979 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Study for Horizon

    1975 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • State

    1976 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Triangle

    1980 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Pathos

    1956

  • Untitled

    1996

  • Faith, hope and charity

    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • Een gestolde herinnering

    1990

  • From the Series Urbilder

    1986 · City of Pori art collection

  • Encore I, II, III

    1991 · City of Pori art collection

  • Zonder titel

  • Aan gene zijde van goed en kwaad

    1987 · Schiphol art collection

  • Monument

    1986

  • The Red Secret

    1998

  • Residence

  • Tabúlarasa

  • Gestur Einarsson á Hæli

  • Um búreiknínga og einföld sýnishorn þeirra

  • Spáný uppástunga í skólamálinu

  • Stjórnarskrármálið í Höfn

  • Heiðnar hugvekjur og mannaminni. Á sal

  • Undir hraun

  • Varabálkur, Kveðinn Af Sigurði Hreppstj

  • Sigurður Guðmundsson

  • Tækniorðasafn

Held on the record

Further particulars

Open the remaining particulars

Sigurður Guðmundsson received Prince Eugen Medal and A. Roland Holst-Penning.

Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Gudmundsson, Sigurdur, Sigurdur Gudmundsson and Guðmundsson, Sigurður.

  • Recognition and collections

  • Work by Sigurður Guðmundsson is

    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Museum Arnhem

  • Literature

  • GuÐmundsson, SigurÐur, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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