Photo - Niels Lyksted
tefan Blöndal was born 1964 in Copenhagen.
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His future wife, the famous Russian pianist from Moscow, Nina Kavtaradze, Stefan Blöndal met when he was 20 years old. After looking at his drawings, she advised him to paint in oils, as his drawing style would ideally suit this type of fine art, and paint would open up a whole new world. The first public show of Stefan Blöndal´s paintings was held in 1987 at the renowned exhibition hall "Den Frie", (The Independent) in Copenhagen, where he exhibited as "guest artist" with the Scandinavian artists group "Den Nordiske" (The Nordic). With the same group he also exhibited at the Charlottenburg Castle in Berlin. Since then, he has exhibited extensively with solo exhibitions in most European countries. One of the more notable were in 1997 at the gallery Maison de l'Amerique Latine in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, which brought attention across the entire French Riviera and even to the Royal Palace (see details). He has also been invited to participate at international competitions, where he in France was awarded several times with prizes and medals (see list below). In the words of art critic Alexandra Anderson: "This Danish artist has resolutely - and consistently - rejected the theoretical conventions of much contemporary art. He has, as they say, marched to his own drummer".
Gold Medal “Stanislas” at International Exhibition, Nancy, France |
Supplementary information |
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Other
artists in the family:
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The Icelandic painter Gunnlaugur
Blöndal (1893-1962) (Grandmother´s Cousin).
Stefan Blöndal´s Father was the internationally renowned cellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (1932 - 2013). Brother: the jeweller Henrik Bløndal Bengtsson. |
Princely support: | In 1997 Stefan Blöndal had a solo-exhibition in Monte-Carlo. Before the opening there was sent posters for advertising the exhibition with a reproduction of the painting "Ma femme", but the gallery did not accept the poster, as they found it too indecent. The help came from an unexpected source: HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco expressed to the gallery his unreserved enthusiasm towards the painting and told that everyone in the Palace have had much fun seeing it. The posters were saved and immediately put into use all over the French Riviera. |
Art collection: | The painting "Ma femme" was shortly after bought by a member of the famous banker family Rothschild. |
Commission: | Stefan Blöndal has decorated a theatre in Copenhagen with 12 paintings in the style of trompe l'oeil, giving illusion of niches with antique Venus statues. |
Hobby: | Stefan Blöndal is an active falconer, and during his teens he underwent a training course at The British School of Falconry. He has flown Peregrine- and Saker falcons. |
Ancestors: | Family Gallery |