Ragnhildur Stefánsdóttir
Ragnhildur Stefánsdóttir | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 28, 1958 |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon School of Art (MFA) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Notable work | Statue of Ingibjörgu H. Bjarnason |
| Website | https://ragnhildur.is/about |
Rangildur Stefánsdóttir (born June 28, 1958) is an Icelandic sculptor.
Ragnhildur studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts from 1977–1981 and completed her MFA degree at the Carnegie Mellon School of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1987.[1][2]
One of Ragnhildur's best known works is a sculpture of Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, the first woman member of the Althing. The statue is near Skálinn, an extension to the parliament house on Kirkjustræti street in Reykjavík, and was dedicated during a ceremony held on the June 19, 2015, the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in Iceland.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Myndlistarsýning í Tehúsinu". Morgunblaðið. 2016-05-25.
- ^ Þorláksson, Eiríkur (1993-09-07). "Rangnhildur Stefánsdóttir: Myndlist" [Ranghildur Stefánsdóttir: The Arts]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 10. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ^ Hjaltadóttir, Jóhanna Vigdís (2015-06-16). "Ingibjörg Bjarnason komin á sinn stall" [Ingibjörg Bjarnarson back where she belongs]. RÚV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ^ "Höggmynd Af Ingibjörgu H. Bjarnason" [Statue of Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason]. Alþingi (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-12-03.