Tróndur Patursson

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Tróndur Patursson
Glass art by Tróndur Patursson on a Faroese stamp

Tróndur Patursson (born 1 March 1944 in Kirkjubøur) is a Faroese painter, sculptor, glass artist and explorer.[1] He was educated in Norway and was initially a sculptor. He has since become better known as a painter and glass artist.[2]

In February 2013 Patursson had an art exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;[3] it was an installation called "Migration", featuring approximately 90 of his trademark stained glass birds in the Grand Foyer windows throughout Nordic Cool 2013. The exhibition was a part of the Nordic Cool 2013.[4]

In 1976 he joined

Saint Brendan
who was said to have made the same voyage centuries before the Vikings and Christopher Columbus.

Patursson joined Brendan when it arrived in the Faroe Islands and replaced another crewman. Patursson's home was at Brandonvik, the Viking name for Brendan's Creek.

Honour

References

  1. ISBN 9781843532187
    . Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Galleri Profilen - Trondur Patursson". www.galleri-profilen.dk. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "Error | Kennedy Center". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  4. ^ Facebook.com The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  5. ^ Visitfaroeislands.com Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Faces of the Faroe Islands
  6. ^ "Tróndur fekk mentunarvirðislønina". www.in.fo. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

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