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Einar Þorláksson

• Year : 1983
• Height : 80 cm
• Width : 110 cm
• Category : Málverk
• Sub-category : Akrýlmálverk

Einar Þorláksson was in many ways a loner in Icelandic art, both for personal reasons and because of a disease which led to his becoming isolated from the community of artists. At a very young age he became interested in Surrealism and drew pictures in that style. In the early 1950s he went to study in Holland, the first Icelandic artist to do so; he came into contact with Surrealism and the art of the COBRA group. From the outset Einar painted in strong and often contrasting colours, without preparation, in the spirit of spontaneous art. His imagery seems somewhere in between the abstract and the concrete, often with a narrative, even comical or ironic twist. The ideas for his paintings came from many different sources, not least from the artist’s own imagination, other visual art or from literature.

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