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Faroese cultural life includes theatre, dance, classical music and choral singing, and most notably painting.
Samuel Joensen-Mikines (1906-1979) was the first artist to become known outside the islands with his expressive paintings of for instance pilot whale hunting.
The most prominent figure of the last fifty years is probably Ingálvur av Reyni (b.1920), who works with semi-abstract motifs and often on a large scale.
Zacharias Heinesen (b.1936), Amariel Norðoy (b.1945) and Tummas Arge (1942-1978) belong to the next generation, which keeps returning to the Faroese landscape with its mountains and settlements.
Sculpture is represented by among others Janus Kamban (b.1913) and Fridtjof Joensen (1920-1988) with their realistic works, while a younger generation of painters and sculptors are exponents of a less traditional approach.
From the late 19th century, the quantity of Faroese literature grew, both within prose and poetry. The most famous author was William Heinesen (1900-1991), who wrote in Danish, with his internationally acclaimed novels and several collections of poetry. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1965. This prize was also awarded to the poet Rói Patursson (b.1947) in 1986. In 1997, the Danish director Nils Malmros made a film version of the Faroese novel Barbara by Jørgen-Franz Jacobsen (1900-1938).
Samuel Joensen-Mikines (1906-1979) was the first artist to become known outside the islands with his expressive paintings of for instance pilot whale hunting.
The most prominent figure of the last fifty years is probably Ingálvur av Reyni (b.1920), who works with semi-abstract motifs and often on a large scale.
Zacharias Heinesen (b.1936), Amariel Norðoy (b.1945) and Tummas Arge (1942-1978) belong to the next generation, which keeps returning to the Faroese landscape with its mountains and settlements.
Sculpture is represented by among others Janus Kamban (b.1913) and Fridtjof Joensen (1920-1988) with their realistic works, while a younger generation of painters and sculptors are exponents of a less traditional approach.
From the late 19th century, the quantity of Faroese literature grew, both within prose and poetry. The most famous author was William Heinesen (1900-1991), who wrote in Danish, with his internationally acclaimed novels and several collections of poetry. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1965. This prize was also awarded to the poet Rói Patursson (b.1947) in 1986. In 1997, the Danish director Nils Malmros made a film version of the Faroese novel Barbara by Jørgen-Franz Jacobsen (1900-1938).
