Zacharias Heinesen
Zacharias Heinesen (born 1936 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese painter. He is the son of the writer and artist William Heinesen.
He attended
Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.[1] In 1962, he returned to Tórshavn and established a hilltop studio overlooking the city and harbour.[2] His works include oil paintings, watercolour paintings, drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and paper collages.[2]
Through the years he has held a number of exhibitions and his paintings are to be found in several museums, including his 1987 painting Vár depicting a Faroese village in spring, which can be seen in the Listasavn Føroya (National Art Gallery) in Torshavn.[3] In 1986 he was awarded the Henry Heerup prize.[4]
His paintings were featured on a series of stamps in June 2001:[2]
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The artist's mother
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Úti á Reyni
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View from Vágar over to Tindhólmur
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Sunrise
His work can also be seen on the 200 Faroese kronur bank note issues in 2004. In 2006 he was honoured with the Faroese Cultural Prize.
See also
References
- ^ "Zacharias Heinesen – Nordiska Akvarellmuseet". akvarellmuseet.org. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ a b c "Zacharias Heinesen". heindorffhus.motivsamler.dk. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ISBN 978-1-78477-013-6.
- ^ "Heinesen í heimsókn". Timarit.is. Fréttablaðið. 7 March 2007. p. 25. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
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