Sveinn Kjarval (20 February 1919 - 10 February 1981) was an Icelandic interior designer. He is considered one of the most prolific interior designers in Icelandic history.[1]
Sveinn was born in Denmark on February 20, 1919. His parents were the important Icelandic painter Johannes Kjarval and Tove Merrild. He lived in Iceland during his infancy but moved to Denmark when his parents divorced. He returned to Iceland in 1939 and worked as a furniture maker. After the Second World War, he pursued postgraduate education in Denmark, where he learned interior design, and in 1949, he moved back to Iceland.[2] At that time, there were few people educated in interior design in Iceland, so he became a pioneer in that field.[3]
References
edit- ^ Design March: "Sveinn Kjarval, quality is never an accident"- exhibition at Museum of Design and Applied Art, Reykjavík
- ^ Sigurðsson, Bergsteinn (22 December 2019). ""Eldri kynslóðin þekkir Svein Kjarval" - RÚV.is". RÚV. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ David Revere McFadden, 1982: Scandinavian Modern Design, 1880-1980. Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Minnesota Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery. Abrams, pp. 184, 256, 266 (online version (snippets only)}
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