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Barbara Árnason
Barbara Moray Williams Árnason (19 April 1911 – 1975) was an English-born Icelandic artist, known for book illustrations, engravings in wood, and watercolours. Born in Petersfield, she was the twin sister of writer and illustrator Ursula Moray Williams. She attended Winchester College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Soon after graduating she was asked to illustrate Icelandic sagas, which resulted in her travelling to Iceland in 1936, where she met sculptor and painter Magnús Á. Árnason. They married in 1937 and she moved to Iceland the same year. She was already known as a book illustrator before moving to Iceland, and also became known there for pioneering work in wood engraving and for watercolours of landscapes and children. She also worked with textiles, and in her final years with water-colour engraving. In 1952, she painted a mural titled ''Children at Play'' in the assembly hall of the Melaskóli, a school in Reykjavík. She also created a large number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersfield
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own Petersfield railway station, railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. Situated below the northern slopes of the South Downs, Petersfield lies wholly within the South Downs National Park. The town is on the crossroads of well-used north–south (formerly the A3 road which now bypasses the town) and east–west routes (today the A272 road) and it grew as a coach stop on the Portsmouth to London route. Petersfield is twinned with Barentin in France, and Warendorf in Germany. History Petersfield Heath's burial mounds may be up to 4,000 years old; their distribution is mainly to the east and south east of the Heath. These are considered to be one of the more important lowland barrow groups in this country. The barrows indicate that the area of the Heath was occupied by pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvaldsensfélagið
Thorvaldsensfélagið was an Icelandic women's organization, founded in Reykjavík in 1875. It has been called the first women's organization in Iceland. It was a charity organization for wealthy women. Þórunn Jónassen Þórunn Jónassen, also Þórunn Hafstein Pétursdóttir (1850–1922) was an Icelandic feminist, the first chair of Thorvaldsensfélagið (Thorvaldsen's Society), Iceland's oldest women's association, a post she maintained for 47 years. She was ... was its first chair from 1875 to 1922. It also engaged in women's rights, especially women's education. In 1877–1904, the organization managed the Thorvaldsensfélag Handavinnuskóli, where women philanthropists taught girls handicrafts, as well as a Sunday school with theoretical subjects, in a time period when there was yet no school for girls in Iceland. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorvaldsensfelagid 1875 establishments Women's organizations based in Iceland 1875 in Iceland Women's rights in Iceland [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
