Sámal Joensen-Mikines

Faroese painter

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Sámal Joensen-Mikine
Born	23 February 1906 Mykines, Faroe Islands
Died	21 September 1979(1979-09-21) (aged 73) Copenhagen, Denmark

Sámuel Joensen-Mikines (1906–1979) was a Faroese painter. He was the first recognised painter of the Faroe Islands and one of the Faroe Islands' most important artists. Many of his paintings have been displayed on Faroese stamps.

Gallery

Hvítanes and Skálafjørður
Teir leggja av landi (departure). Stamp of 1996
Mykineskona (a woman from Mykines his wife?), 1934, 56*42 cm, National Art Gallery in Tórshavn. Stamp of 1996
Líkskari (funeral procession), 1951, 60*88 cm, private ownership. stamp of 1991.
Fráferðin (The Farewell), 1955, 100x150cm, Listasavn Føroya.
Handanágarður, 1957, 65x80cm, private property
Vetrarmorgun (Winter Morning), 1958, 105x120cm, Listasavn Føroya.