Three Suns

Finnur Jónsson was studying in Dresden, Germany, when it was a hotbed of avant-garde art in the early 1920s. He painted a number of works with powerful allusions to these new trends. In 1925 Finnur exhibited in Iceland his art from his time in Germany, which included several semi-abstract pieces. The show made an impression, and many of the figurative works sold, but none of the abstracts. After that, Finnur turned his attention to figurative art, and for decades he was a successful painter of landscapes, seascapes and mariners, before resuming abstract art in the 1960s. Around that time Finnur’s early abstract works garnered international attention; these avant-garde works from the 1920s are now regarded as his most important contribution to Icelandic art.