Astrid Andreasen

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Faroe stamp 440 fish tree.

Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (born July 31, 1948 in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands[1]) is a Faroese artist, illustrator and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals.

Andreasen grew up in Vestmanna, as the daughter of Andreas Andreasen (1906–1974), a teacher, and Daniella Andreasen, a housewife. Early in her career she produced illustrations for collections of her father's poetry. From 1968 to 1970 she studied at a vocational school in Kerteminde in Denmark to become a teacher of embroidery. In 1974 she studied to become an occupational therapist in Hellerup.[2] In the 1970's she took a job as a therapist in Tórshavn hospital where she worked with mentally handicapped people, teaching them embroidery and other art forms.

From 1984 to 1986, Andreasen learned illustration and weaving at the Academy of Arts in Århus, and from 1990 to 1991 she specialized in scientific illustration at the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art as well as at the Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory.[1]

Andreasen worked from 1999 until 2016 as a scientific illustrator at the National Museum of the Faroe Islands.[3] She has gained international recognition through her illustrations for Postverk Føroya. As an artist she is especially known for her textile art works, which are held by the collection of the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands. Together with her daughter Katrin (* 1971), she produced the altarpiece of the Vestmanna church, a Tree of Life made out of wood and metal.

In 2018, Andreasen was awarded the Faroese Award of honor.[4][5]

Stamps[]

Fish[]

  • FR 248 of : Kombikk - stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

  • FR 249: Rútar kongur - false boarfish (Neocyttus helgae)

  • FR 250: Áarsíl - brown trout (Salmo trutta fario)

  • FR 251: Búrfiskur - orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

Leafhoppers[]

Date of issue: 6 February 1995

Raven[]

Date of issue: 12 June 1995.

  • FR 275: North Atlantic raven (Corvus corax varius)

  • FR 276: Pied raven (Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus)

Invasion birds[]

  • FR 290: Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

  • FR 291: Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Mushrooms of the Faroes[]

  • FR 303: Leyk-vakshattur ()

  • FR 304: Gulur vakshattur (Hygrocybe chlorophana)

  • FR 305: Moyggjar-vakshattur ()

  • FR 306: Papageyka-vakshattur (Hygrocybe psittacina)

Invasion Birds '97[]

Date of issue: 17 February 1997.

  • FR 307: Reyðkollur - redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

  • FR 308: Prýðisígda - bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Sedentary Birds I[]

  • FR 324: Blackbird (Turdus merula)

  • FR 325: Starling (Sturnus vulgaris faeroensis)

Sedentary Birds II[]

  • FR 344: House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

  • FR 345: Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Molluscs[]

Date of issue: 11 February 2002

Text on stamps.fo

  • [ Molluscs]

Art on posters[]

Date of issue: 14 April 2003

  • FO 440: Fish tree

Storm Petrel[]

  • FO 522: Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leuchorhoa)

  • FO 523: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

  • FO 524: Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa)

  • FO 525: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Deepwater Fishes[]

  • FO 539-548: Deepwater fishes

  • FO 539: Grønlandstussi - Atlantic footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus)

  • FO 540: Seilur - elongated bristlemouth ()

  • FO 541: Trantakongafiskur - deepwater redfish (Sebastes mentella)

  • FO 542: Bláaskøta - Blu-ray (Neoraja caerulea)

  • FO 543: Tranthavmús - straightnose rabbitfish (rhinochimaera atlantica)

  • FO 544: Lusifer ()

  • FO 545: Tussafiskur - deep-sea angler (Ceratias holboelli)

  • FO 546: Laksastyrja - moonfish (Lampris guttatus)

  • FO 547: Silvurøks - hatchet fish ()

  • FO 548: Havtaska - anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

Other works[]

  • Information sign about the birdlife of park in Tórshavn

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pauli Trond Petersen helt røðu á 70 ára føðingardegnum hjá Astrid Andreasen". R7 Portal (in Faroese). 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ^ "Astrid Andreasen". www.mynd.fo. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. ^ "SUMMARLIST 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. ^ "Mentanarvirðislønir landsins 2018". Norðlýsið (in Faroese). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  5. ^ "Heiðursgáva landsins latin Astrid Andreasen". Kringvarp Føroya (in Faroese). Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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