William Heinesen

William Heinesen ( born January 15, 1900 in Tórshavn, † March 12, 1991 ibid ) was the most important poet of the Faroe Islands. In addition, he was known as a visual artist and composer.

Life

William Hein Esen father was Faroese and Danish mother. He himself lived partly in Denmark, partly in the Faroe Islands. Nevertheless, he is undoubtedly one of the leading personalities of the Faroese national movement in its cultural dimension.

The literary work Hein Esen, which was written in Danish and translated into many languages ​​, including seven collections of poetry, seven novels and seven collections of short stories. By 1954, he operated a trading business in Tórshavn.

His first novel Blæsende Gry appeared in 1934, his second Noatun (Danish, 1938 ) was published in 1939 in German translation.

1965 was the first Faroese Heinesen the Literature Prize of the Nordic Council of Det gode hab. He is next to Rói Patursson the only Faroese who has received this award. 1980, the writer was for his work danses Her skal with the Danish Critics Award honored.

In the visual arts, he developed in his old age a perfection in silhouette.

The visual artist Heinesen

His imagery is an extension of his fanciful stories whose motive also come from the world of myth, adventure and mythology, as well as from the time of his disappearance Garden of Eden. The inspirations are based on nature feeling superior joy, satire, robust and exuberant vitality and a keen sense for the ornamental and decorative.

In a spirit one with Bauer and Arosenius in Sweden - can compare Kittelsen and Werenskjold in Norway, William Heinesen carried out a series of book illustrations, with topics from the world of myth and adventure.

Pastel painting he created after the war and in the 1950s a strange, magical animated mood. Topics from the subterranean world and life are ambiguous and glide insensibly into satire - the traits of politicians, businessmen and hypocritical seducers are caricatured in lovable gnome - physiognomies. In drawings of men and women from the past Tórshavn, an exuberant sense of humor and a pronounced sense for organic arabesque of the line is revealed.

The great wall decorations in the auditorium of Tórshavn elementary school with motifs of Sigurdlieder mark a breakthrough to the decorative Arcadian universe, to whom he dedicated his final years. Seals were always in the first row and had a pronounced coherent picture artistic development not before William Heinesen mid -1970s, paper devoted collagen, with whom he worked intensively for 10 years. The years 1976-78 are particularly productive. In this groundbreaking collages decorative imagination is constantly breaking new ground.

Hein Esen lush, baroque universe of images has enriched the Faroese art image with a striking dimension. Its production in this area is comprehensive and impressive - wall decorations, a number of 100 book covers for the publishing Bókagarður, book illustrations, posters, sheet drawings, album covers, etc.

He has also played in the Faroe Islands as an organizer and inspirer, art critic and announcer a major role in the development of new image art. For example, he organized in 1927 the first art exhibition with Mikines.

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