- Steffan Danielsen
Johan Steffan Danielsen (
3 September 1922 inNólsoy ,Faroe Islands -28 May 1976 inTórshavn , Faroe Islands) was a Faroese painter.Life and work
The self-taught artist Steffan Danielsen found most of the inspiration for his pictures in his home village Nólsoy and the island of same name. In his art Danielsen distils the essence of the landscape in an original way.
Bárður Jákupsson in his book "Færøernes billedkunst" (Färöi screen end art) compares Danielsen with the classical authorSámal Mikines , who lived on a similarly small, remote and inaccessibleFaroe Island :Mykines . Both islands have important bird colonies and both islands have only one village. Danielsen spent most of his 24 productive years on Nólsoy, with just one period abroad inDenmark between 1951 and 1956. His first exhibition in 1952 inÓlavsøka brought him to the attention of the Faroese art community.Danielsen's paintings describe his homeland island in everyday detail, capturing not only the landscapes, boats, buildings but also the atmosphere and spirit of the place. He captures the light, with sun and rain, snow and fog, and the predominantly red tones allude sensitively to the colour nuances of the Faroese landscape.
Gallery
His paintings of Nólsoy were featured on a series of Faroese stamps in 1990:
and also in this stamp of 1985:
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* text translated from http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffan_Danielsen
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Art of the Faroe Islands External links
* [http://www.art.fo/en/faroese_artists/steffan_danielsen.php Art.fo - art museum of the Faroes] fo icon
* [http://www.faroeartstamps.fo/?side=4b723d814b11905d4d08b20ae3e6acfe Faroeartstamps.fo - art on Faroese stamps]
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