Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen

Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen ( born April 24, 1932 in Tórshavn / Faroe Islands ) is the leading architect in the Faroe Islands. At the same time he is a graphic designer and author of the Faroese churches.

Jákup Pauli in 1932, the son of fashion designer Liffa Gregoriussen (born Argentina ), and the sailor Magnus Gregoriussen born. He was trained at the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen.

Among his best known works, the art gallery Listaskáli (1970 ) counts and their extension to the National Art Museum in 1993. As an artist, he not only has a number stamps for the Postverk Føroya designed, but also illustrated books. His main subjects are urban and village views, not only of the Faroe Islands, but also from his travels, including Russia, Poland, Rome and Egypt.

For his four -volume work on the churches of the Faroe Islands (1995-1999), he received the 1998 Faroese Literature Prize (MA Jacobsen Heiðursløn ). It is his masterpiece bibliophiles, luxuriously illustrated and at the same time a book about the history of the Church of the Faroe Islands and the history of the Faroe Islands in a nutshell. Gregoriussen is also relevant consultant in the restoration Faroese churches.

Buildings

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Stamps

Representative of Gregoriussens graphic work are the stamps that he has drawn for the Postverk Føroya.

  • Old farms, February 9, 1987, engraved by Czeslaw SLANIA ( á series of 4 stamps)
  • Old houses in Norðragøta, October 5, 1992 ( Series á 4 stamps)
  • Suðuroy, January 26, 2004 ( 10 sessions )
  • Christmas stamps, September 20, 2004, they show the largest churches in the island Suðuroy in Vágur and Tvøroyri

In the books, which Gregoriussen has only contributed the illustrations, the author of the text is indicated.

  • Ferðatekningar. Tórshavn: Egid forlag, 1986 ( 50 pp., travel drawings, self-published )
  • Tórshavn, vár miðstøð above borg. Gøta: Aldan, 1989 (110 pp., drawings from Tórshavn )
  • Jógvan Argentina: Havnarmenn í Gundadali: Havnar Bóltfelag 1904-1954. Tórshavn: . Havnar Bóltfelag, 1994 (256 pp., commemorative "90 years HB Tórshavn " )
  • Kirkjurnar í Føroyum. in Faroese in four volumes. The author has richly illustrated the books ( award-winning standard work ) Gomlu trækirkjurnar. Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1995 ISBN 99918-914-0-4 (227 S. on the old wooden churches ) Info
  • Eldru hválvkirkjurnar. Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1997 ISBN 99918-914-1-2 (308 S. vault over the older churches, English summary The Old Vaulted Churches, pp. 306-308 ) Info
  • Yngru hválvkirkjurnar. Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1998 ISBN 99918-914-2-0 (316 p on the younger vaulted churches, English summary The New Vaulted Churches, pp. 314-316 ) Info.
  • Nýggjaru kirkjurnar. Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1999 ISBN 99918-914-3-9 ( p. 326 over the newer churches, English summary Modern Churches in Faroe, pp. 324-326 ) Info
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