On 6 January 1924, a Swedish painter of birds boarded a steamer bound for Tórshavn. Over the next nine months, William Gislander travelled across the Faroes, producing around one hundred paintings of their landscapes and wildlife. On Mykines alone, he painted twenty works, which inspired the eighteen-year-old Sámal Joensen-Mikines to pursue the path of an artist.

In September that year, Gislander presented his Faroese works in Copenhagen. It was the first exhibition on the European mainland to show the Faroe Islands as a coherent artistic subject. A century later, around 95 percent of the works from this panorama remain in private hands.

The project Gislander 1924 sets out to make this historical view of the islands visible again. In his presentation, scholar, writer, and filmmaker Bernhard Schirg introduces Gislander’s Faroese journey and invites the public to help trace the works, their histories, and their contexts.

Free entrance.

Everyone is welcome.

Link to the project (incl. newsletter): www.gislander1924.eu