Guðmundur Pétursson Thorsteinsson (5 September 1891,

Bíldudalur Bíldudalur () is a village situated on the coast of Arnarfjörður, one of the Westfjords in Iceland. It is situated in the Vesturbyggð municipality and has 238 inhabitants (as of January 2021). The village prospered in the 19th century thank ...

– 27 July 1924,

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), better known as Muggur, was an Icelandic painter, graphic artist, author and film actor.

Biography

Muggur was born in

, Iceland. His father, , was one of the richest men in Iceland and later one of the founders of the fishing company

Milljónarfélagið Milljónarfélagið was a fishing company, officially named P.J. Thorsteinsson & Co., which was based on the island of Viðey and ran from 1907 to 1914. Viðey was chosen as the main centre for the company because the nearby Reykjavík at the time ...

. When he was twelve, the family moved to Copenhagen, but they travelled continuously between there and Iceland.Brief biography
with photographs, by Elfar Logi Hannesson @ Arnfirðingur. His younger brothers, Samúel,

Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrio ...

and Friðþjófur all became well known football players in Iceland and Denmark. He studied at the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dan ...

from 1911 to 1915, but also took study trips to Germany and Italy. In 1915, he made a visit to the United States, where his works had recently been exhibited to good reviews in the '' Evening Sun''."Movie-Star, Painter, Man Of The World: The Story Of Muggur"
@ The Reykjavík Grapevine. In addition to his paintings, he wrote and illustrated a children's book, ''The Story of Dimmalimm'', about a young girl and an enchanted swan. It was written in 1921 for a niece, while he was on board a cargo ship sailing from Italy to Iceland, and was published in 1942. Later, Jóhannes úr Kötlum turned it into a verse play and it was also staged as a ballet, with music by

Atli Heimir Sveinsson Atli Heimir Sveinsson (21 September 1938 – 20 April 2019) was an Icelandic composer. Atli Heimir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland and started piano lessons at the age of 10. He studied piano with Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson at the Reykjavík Co ...

. He created numerous drawings inspired by the

Eddas "Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been attributed by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the ''Prose Edda'' and an older collection of poems ...

as well and created Iceland's first unique deck of playing cards. He was also a talented amateur actor and had a major role in one of Iceland's first films, ''

Sons of the Soil ''Sons of the Soil'' (Danish: ''Borgslægtens historie'', Icelandic: ''Saga Borgarættarinnar'') is a Danish film directed and shot by Gunnar Sommerfeldt in Iceland in 1919, based on the novel by Gunnar Gunnarsson. It was released in 1920, and ...

'' (''Saga Borgarættarinnar''), based on a novel by

Gunnar Gunnarsson Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889 – 21 November 1975) was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in considerable poverty, on Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur valley and on Ljótsstaðir in Vopnafjörður. During ...

. A brief marriage to Inger Naur that ended in divorce led him to drink heavily. In 1923, already in deteriorating health, he was kicked in the back by a horse. After a lengthy stay at a spa in France, he returned to the family estate in Denmark and died of a chest ailment (possibly

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in w ...

), aged only thirty-two. Most of his works are in the

National Gallery of Iceland The National Gallery of Iceland ( is, Listasafn Íslands ) is an art museum in Reykjavík which contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelan ...

Selected works

Image:Kossinn.jpg, ''The Kiss'', 1918 Image:Kolaburdur.jpg, ''Carrying Coal'', 1919 Image:Sjoundi dagur i Paradis.jpg, ''Seventh Day in Paradise'', 1920 Image:Snaefellsjokull Muggur.jpg, ''

Snæfellsjökull Snæfellsjökull (, ''snow-fell glacier'') is a 700,000-year-old glacier-capped stratovolcano in western Iceland. It is situated on the westernmost part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. Sometimes it may be seen from the city of Reykjaví ...

'', 1922

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