L\u00e1tinn er \u00e1 92 aldurs\u00e1ri listm\u00e1larinn og Hafnfir\u00f0ingurinn Eir\u00edkur Smith. Eir\u00edkur f\u00e6ddist \u00e1ri\u00f0 1925 og \u00f3lst upp \u00ed Straumi vi\u00f0 Straumsv\u00edk fyrstu \u00e1rin. Fj\u00f6lskyldan fluttist inn til Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1ri\u00f0 1931 og bj\u00f3 Eir\u00edkur \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i n\u00e6r alla t\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an. Hann byrja\u00f0i snemma a\u00f0 teikna skip og b\u00e1ta \u00e1 papp\u00edr sem honum \u00e1skotna\u00f0ist. Teikningar hans v\u00f6ktu athygli og f\u00e9kk hann hvatningu fr\u00e1 kennurum s\u00ednum \u00ed Barnask\u00f3la Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar til a\u00f0 hl\u00faa a\u00f0 \u00feessum h\u00e6fileika. Til er einst\u00f6k lj\u00f3smynd fr\u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma sem s\u00fdnir bekkjarstofu Eir\u00edks skreytta myndum eftir hann. Eir\u00edkur f\u00f3r ungur a\u00f0 \u00e1rum \u00fat \u00e1 vinnumarka\u00f0inn. \u00c1hugi hans \u00e1 myndlist var \u00fe\u00f3 aldrei langt undan og stunda\u00f0i hann samhli\u00f0a vinnu n\u00e1mskei\u00f0 og s\u00fdningar. \u00c1ri\u00f0 1946 h\u00f3f\u00a0 hann n\u00e1m vi\u00f0 Hand\u00ed\u00f0a- og myndlistarsk\u00f3lann og tveimur \u00e1rum s\u00ed\u00f0ar, 1948, h\u00e9lt hann fyrstu s\u00fdningu s\u00edna \u00ed Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ish\u00fasinu \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Hann stunda\u00f0i myndlistarn\u00e1m \u00ed Kaupmannah\u00f6fn og Par\u00eds en nam einnig prentmyndasm\u00ed\u00f0i vi\u00f0 I\u00f0nsk\u00f3lann \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. \u00a0Eir\u00edkur vann lengst af a\u00f0 list sinni \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Hann f\u00e9kk a\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u \u00ed Barnask\u00f3lanum og s\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00ed Flensborg. Eftir a\u00f0 hann bygg\u00f0i s\u00e9r h\u00fas vi\u00f0 Stekkjarkinn \u00e1 6. \u00e1ratugnum, \u00e1samt Brynd\u00edsi Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttur eiginkonu sinni, var hann \u00e6t\u00ed\u00f0 me\u00f0 vinnustofu heima. Um 1990 bygg\u00f0u \u00feau s\u00e9r gl\u00e6silegt h\u00fas \u00ed Setberginu \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i me\u00f0 bjartri og r\u00famg\u00f3\u00f0ri vinnustofu sem ger\u00f0i Eir\u00edki m\u00f6gulegt a\u00f0 vinna st\u00e6rri ol\u00edum\u00e1lverk en \u00e1\u00f0ur. Eir\u00edkur er einn stofnf\u00e9laga \u00ed Golfkl\u00fabbnum Keili og var s\u00ed\u00f0ar stofnf\u00e9lagi \u00ed kl\u00fabbnum Setbergi \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i. Merki beggja kl\u00fabba eru fr\u00e1 honum komin.<\/p>\n
V\u00edgslus\u00fdning\u00a0 Hafnarborgar \u00feann 21. ma\u00ed 1988 var einkas\u00fdning Eir\u00edks. S\u00fdnd voru 33 ol\u00edum\u00e1lverk, \u00fear af nokkur mj\u00f6g st\u00f3r, og 33 vatnslitamyndir fr\u00e1 \u00e1runum 1983\u221288. \u00de\u00e1 voru li\u00f0in 40 \u00e1r fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed Eir\u00edkur opna\u00f0i fyrstu einkas\u00fdningu s\u00edna \u00ed Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ish\u00fasinu. Vi\u00f0fangsefni Eir\u00edks \u00e1 s\u00fdningunni 1988 var samband manns og n\u00e1tt\u00faru en einnig \u00feau \u00f6fl sem eru ofar skilningi mannsins. Eir\u00edkur gaf Hafnarborg, listasafni Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, veglegt safn verka. Alls 341 verk, 115 m\u00e1lverk og 226 verk unnin \u00e1 papp\u00edr, svo sem vatnslitaverk, pastel og teikningar sem spanna allan feril listamannsins, \u00fea\u00f0 elsta fr\u00e1 1948. Gj\u00f6fin var mikilv\u00e6g lyftist\u00f6ng fyrir safneign Hafnarborgar og hefur safni\u00f0 sett upp fimm s\u00fdningar undanfarin \u00e1r sem s\u00fdna margbreyttan feril \u00feessa athafnasama og merka listamanns. \u00a0\u00c1 n\u00fd\u00e1rsdag 2005 var Eir\u00edkur s\u00e6mdur riddarakrossi f\u00e1lkaor\u00f0unnar fyrir st\u00f6rf \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1gu myndlistar og \u00e1 100 \u00e1ra afm\u00e6lisdegi Hafnarfjar\u00f0arkaupsta\u00f0ar, \u00feann 1. j\u00fan\u00ed 2008, var hann \u00fatnefndur hei\u00f0urslistama\u00f0ur Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar. Framlag Eir\u00edks Smith til lista \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i er \u00f3metanlegt og mun hans ver\u00f0a minnst sem merks listamanns sem sannarlega setti sinn svip \u00e1 hafnfirska menningu og listir.<\/p>\n
Fyrir h\u00f6nd b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnar Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og starfsmanna sendi \u00e9g Brynd\u00edsi Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttur, eftirlifandi eiginkonu hans og fj\u00f6lskyldu innilegar sam\u00fa\u00f0arkve\u00f0jur.<\/p>\n
Haraldur L. Haraldsson,
\nMayor of the Borough of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
L\u00e1tinn er \u00e1 92 aldurs\u00e1ri listm\u00e1larinn og Hafnfir\u00f0ingurinn Eir\u00edkur Smith. Eir\u00edkur f\u00e6ddist \u00e1ri\u00f0 1925 og \u00f3lst upp \u00ed Straumi vi\u00f0 Straumsv\u00edk fyrstu \u00e1rin. Fj\u00f6lskyldan fluttist inn til Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1ri\u00f0 1931 og bj\u00f3 Eir\u00edkur \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i n\u00e6r alla t\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an. Hann byrja\u00f0i snemma a\u00f0 teikna skip og b\u00e1ta \u00e1 papp\u00edr sem honum \u00e1skotna\u00f0ist. Teikningar hans v\u00f6ktu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13132"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}