About Einar Jónsson from Foss
Lived 1863 – 1922 (aged 58–59). Einar Jónsson from Foss was an Icelandic painter.
Einar Jónsson (April 19, 1863 – November 5, 1922) was an Icelandic painter. He had the same name as his contemporary, sculptor Einar Jónsson, also from south Iceland.
He was born on the farm Foss in Myrdal.
He studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen either 1893 or 1894. The subjects of his pictures are mostly the landscapes of his home country.
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Icelandic painter
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Einar Jónsson from Foss was born in 1863.
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Einar Jónsson from Foss died in 1922.
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Einar Jónsson from Foss was a painter.
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Einar Jónsson from Foss was Icelandic.
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