Icelandic/American, 1917 - 2000
Louisa Matthiasdottir studied in Denmark, and in Paris with Marcel Gromaire. She moved to New York in 1941 where she continued her studies with Hans Hofmann. Early solo exhibitions were in 1948 at Jane Street Gallery, New York and in 1958 at Tanager Gallery, New York. She later exhibited at the University of Connecticut, Storres, Connecticut, in 1967, and at the Litchfield Art Center, Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1972. She received an award exhibition from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Her work is in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; the Michner Collection, the University of Texas, Austin; the Museum Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; and the National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik, Iceland. From 1964, her work has been exhibited every two years at Robert Schoelkoph Gallery Ltd., New York. In 1988 she had an exhibition at Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas. Matthiasdottir has been painting the tiny village houses of Reykjavik's old quarter and Iceland's farm and domestic animals since the 1930s, in addition to still lifes and portraits of family and friends. She resides in New York City and is represented by Robert Schoelkoph Gallery.
