Páll Guðmundsson Explained

Páll Guðmundsson
Birth Name:Páll Guðmundsson
Birth Place:Húsafell, Iceland
Nationality:Icelandic
Known For:sculptor
Training:the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany

Páll Guðmundsson (pronounced as /is/; born 1959) is a sculptor and artist.

Born in Húsafell in the west of Iceland (where he still lives), he has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany.

Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out of the rock he finds around Húsafell. He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson.

Páll is also working as a musician with a unique idiophone, a large xylophone-like instrument made of stones called the Steinharpa. He crafted the instrument himself using stones found around his home.[1] With the instrument, he has performed along with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

Páll is also the custodian of the legendary Húsafell Stone.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://pallg.is/default.asp?sid_id=327&tre_rod=005|&tId=1 Páll Guðmundsson - Ýmis verkefni
  2. Web site: Fullsterkur . 26 August 2018 . IMDB.com . 15 April 2022.