Svavar Guðnason (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1988) was an

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ic painter active in the

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movement

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References

*Listasafn Íslands. 1990. Svavar Guðnason 1909 – 1988, pp. 7-8. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gudnason, Svavar Svavar Gudnason Svavar Gudnason 1909 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Icelandic painters Abstract painters