Zacharias Heinesen (born 1936 in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

) is a Faroese painter. He is the son of the writer and artist

William Heinesen Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands. His writing The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of H ...

. He attended Myndlistaskóli Íslands in Reykjavik between 1957 and 1958. In 1959–1963 he attended the

Royal Danish Academy of Art The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

in Copenhagen. In 1962, he returned to Tórshavn and established a hilltop studio overlooking the city and harbour. His works include oil paintings, watercolour paintings, drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and paper collages. Through the years he has held a number of exhibitions and his paintings are to be found in several museums, including his 1987 painting ''Vár'' depicting a Faroese village in spring, which can be seen in the

Listasavn Føroya City map detail of Tórshavn, the museum is marked red. Listasavn Føroya (National Gallery of the Faroe Islands) is an art museum in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts. Established in 1989, it consists of a gal ...

(National Art Gallery) in Torshavn. In 1986 he was awarded the Henry Heerup prize. His paintings were featured on a series of stamps in June 2001: Image:Faroe_stamp_396_zacharias_heinesen_-_the_artist's_mother.jpg, The artist's mother Image:Faroe_stamp_397_zacharias_heinesen_-_uti_a_reyni.jpg, Úti á Reyni Image:Faroe stamp 398 zacharias heinesen - from vagar.jpg, View from Vágar over to Tindhólmur Image:Faroe_stamp_399_zacharias_heinesen_-_sunrise.jpg, Sunrise His work can also be seen on the 200 Faroese kronur bank note issues in 2004. In 2006 he was honoured with the

Faroese Cultural Prize Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins (Faroese Cultural Prize) has been awarded by the Faroese government to Faroese writers, musicians, artists etc. since 1998. In 2004 no award was given. From 1998 to 2000 only one award was given, but in 2001 they esta ...

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The Faroe Islands National Art Museum-Zacharias Heinesen
Living people 1936 births Faroese painters Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Tórshavn {{denmark-painter-stub

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