Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir
Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir Niclasen (born March 9, 1950 in Eiði , Faroe Islands ) is a Faroese painter.
Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir is a granddaughter of the first Faroese landscape painter Niels Kruse and aunt of the Faroese swimmer Heidi Andreasen .
From 1971 to 1973 she attended the drawing school of the Glyptothek in Copenhagen with Askou Jensen and from 1973 to 1980 the Royal Danish Academy of Art .
Since 1975 she took part in various exhibitions in the Faroe Islands and Denmark. B. also in Greenland (1999); USA (2000); Iceland (2001); Åland (2003); Norway, Hamburg (2006); Vienna, Japan, Belgium (2008).
Sigrun Gunnardóttirs works hanging in the Art Museum of the Faroe Islands , in the Government of the Faroe and in many communities, nursing homes, banks, etc.
At first, like her grandfather, she painted landscapes. Since the 1990s she has deepened her religious symbolism, which is expressed in surrealist works. They deal with the great themes of existence: birth, death and resurrection.
Illustrated books
- From the Atlantic Edge , 2000
- Exhibition catalogs from the House of the North , 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Web links
- Sigrungunnarsdottir.com (Danish, Faroese)
- Art.fo (English, Danish, Faroese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bárður Jákupsson : Færøernes Billedkunst , 2000. P. 142
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niclasen, Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Faroese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eiði , Faroe Islands |