Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (1 March 1934 – 23 February 2023) was an artist from the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
, known internationally for producing a
collage
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of 12 motives from Ormurin Langi (The Long Serpent) that resulted in a series of stamps from
Postverk Føroya
Posta is the postal service of the Faroe Islands and was founded on 1 April 1976 under the Home Rule of the Faroe Islands. On 16 December 2005, it became a public joint stock company under the name P/F Postverk Føroya (retroactive from 1 January ...
released in 2006.
Biography
Sigmundsdóttir started to draw as a child, with aquarelle and paint on canvas. As a daughter of the Faroese painter Sigmund Petersen, she had favourable surroundings for developing as an artist. Later she mainly concentrated on colourful paper collages. As collages became her passion, she developed her own style and inspiration from the particular light and weather on the Faroe Islands.
Sigmundsdóttir was a part of an artistic family, and her sister Bibi, niece
Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir
Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir (born 1966) is a Faroese artist. She was born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. She was educated in Denmark and then moved back to the Faroe Islands, to the small village of Vágur in Suðuroy, which is the southernmost ...
and niece Vígdis Petersen are artists.
Sigmundsdóttir moved to the island of
Suðuroy
Suðuroy (pronounced: suːwʊrɔior suːri ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region ( sýsla) comprise ...
, which is the most southern part of Faroe Islands. She died on 23 February 2023, at the age of 88.
Education
*1956: Graduated as a Nurse from Randers Centralsygehus
*1960s: Attended courses on artistic drawing and painting at the School of Art in Randers
*1972: Graduated as an Indoor Architect from Arkitekt Akademiet in Copenhagen
*1980: Attended drawing and painting courses at the Nordic House in
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), 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 th ...
Copenhagen
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*2000 The Faroese House, Copenhagen
*2001 Galleri Gertrud, Copenhagen
*2002 Smiðjan í Lítluvík,
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), 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 th ...
*2004 Ormurin Langi in 'Kulturhuset Førde', Fjalar og Hyllestad,
Norway
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*2004 Ministry of Culture, Tórshavn
*2005 Ormurin Langi in the Nordic House,
Reykjavík
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*2006 Ormurin Langi released as 12 stamps
*2006 Bella Centeret in Copenhagen in association with a Viking Rotary Convention
*2006 Drew Christmas stamps for Y´Mænds Club,
Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...
*2007 Helligåndshuset,
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 (). which Sigmundsdóttir has created. They were used in a series of Faroese Stamps by Postverk Føroya in 2006.
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