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2014Icelandic Art V - Set

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Technical details
  • 06.11.2014
  • Hlynur Ólafsson
  • -
  • Cartor Security Printing
  • Offset Litho
  • 4 Colours
  • 40.00 x 30.00 mm
  • B50g, 50g, 2000g
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About Icelandic Art V

From 1915 to 1930, the population of Reykjavik doubled, going from 14.000 to 28.000. For the most part this was due to the migration of people from the country to Iceland’s capital city. At the same time the per capita income from agriculture went down almost 30%, while the town-based fishing industry blossomed. The social and cultural circumstances of this new Icelandic urban reality served to change the tenor of Icelandic art. Landscapes lost much of their earlier popularity.

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