Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir

Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir (10 February 1919, Reykjavík – 11 November 2009, Reykjavík[1]) was an Icelandic sculptor. She is perhaps best known for her four green alien-like public statues Dansleikur/Dance in Reykjavík, which she completed in 1970, and which is located on Perlan, the highest hill in the city.[2] Other works of note include Par (1994) and Boy and Girl (1968), located at Tjörnin.[3] She was a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society, which she established in the Icelandic capital in 1972 along with Hallsteinn Sigurðsson, Jon Gunnar Árnason, Ragnar Kjartansson and others.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Þorbjörg.

Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir
Born
Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir

10 February 1919
Reykjavík, Iceland
Died11 November 2009(2009-11-11) (aged 90)
Reykjavík
NationalityIcelandic
Known forsculpting

The daughter of Pál Ólafsson and Hilda Stefánsdóttir, she married physician Andrés Ásmundsson (1916–2006) on 6 August 1942. They had five children and two adopted children, 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.[1] She attended the Commercial College of Iceland and studied photography at Reykjavík Technical College and also studied in Stockholm.[1] Works by Þorbjörg are owned by various institutions, including the Icelandic National Gallery and Reykjavík Art Museum.[1]

She died in 2009, aged 90.

Sources
  • Leifur Þorsteinsson, Ernir Snorrason, and Jóhann Eyfells. Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir myndhöggvari. Reykjavík: Listhüs, 1983. OCLC 63345079 (in Icelandic)

References
  1. "Þorbjörg Guðrún Pálsdóttir látin" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  2. "Perlan: Dance". Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. "Statues of Reykjavík". 18 May 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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