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[[File:Tróndur Patursson Portrait.jpg|thumb|200px|Tróndur Patursson]] |
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[[Image:Faroe stamp 413 modern nordic art.jpg|thumb||200px|Glass art by Tróndur Patursson on a Faroese stamp]] |
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'''Tróndur Patursson''' (born in [[Kirkjubøur]] on March 1, 1944) is a Faroese painter, sculptor, |
'''Tróndur Patursson''' (born in [[Kirkjubøur]] on March 1, 1944) is a Faroese painter, sculptor, [[glass art]]ist and adventurer.<ref name="LeeBrown2003">{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=Phil|last2=Brown|first2=Jules|last3=Sinclair|first3=Mick|coauthors=S. Andrew Spooner|title=Rough Guide to Scandinavia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=47Yp1TJgUz0C&pg=PA168|accessdate=9 August 2012|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843532187|pages=168–}}</ref> He was educated in Norway and was initially a sculptor. He has since become better known as a painter and glass artist.<ref>[http://www.galleri-profilen.dk/default.asp?id=85 galleri-profilen.dk]</ref> |
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In February 2013 Patursson had an art exhibition at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]];<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=ZNEXG Kennedy-center.org]</ref> 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''.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151453129075865&set=pb.73250630864.-2207520000.1361656117&type=3&theater Facebook.com] The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</ref> |
In February 2013 Patursson had an art exhibition at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]];<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=ZNEXG Kennedy-center.org]</ref> 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''.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151453129075865&set=pb.73250630864.-2207520000.1361656117&type=3&theater Facebook.com] The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</ref> |
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Paturrson joined Brendon when it arrived in the Faroe Islands and replaced another crewman. Paturrson's home was at Brandonvik, the Viking name for Brendan's Creek. |
Paturrson joined Brendon when it arrived in the Faroe Islands and replaced another crewman. Paturrson's home was at Brandonvik, the Viking name for Brendan's Creek. |
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== Honour == |
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* 2013 - [[Faroese Cultural Prize]]]<ref>[http://www.in.fo/news-detail/news/trondur-fekk-mentunarvirdisloenina/ in.fo, Tróndur fekk mentunarvirðislønina]</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 09:42, 16 January 2014
Tróndur Patursson (born in Kirkjubøur on March 1, 1944) is a Faroese painter, sculptor, glass artist and adventurer.[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 Tim Severin in a transatlantic voyage in a replica 6th century leather-hulled curragh named Brendan.[5] The boat was named for the Irish monk Saint Brendan who was said to have made the same voyage centuries before the Vikings and Christopher Columbus.
Paturrson joined Brendon when it arrived in the Faroe Islands and replaced another crewman. Paturrson's home was at Brandonvik, the Viking name for Brendan's Creek.
Honour
- 2013 - Faroese Cultural Prize][6]
References
- ^ Lee, Phil; Brown, Jules; Sinclair, Mick (2003). Rough Guide to Scandinavia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland. Rough Guides. pp. 168–. ISBN 9781843532187. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ galleri-profilen.dk
- ^ Kennedy-center.org
- ^ Facebook.com The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- ^ Visitfaroeislands.com Faces of the Faroe Islands
- ^ in.fo, Tróndur fekk mentunarvirðislønina
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