Astrid Andreasen
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Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (born 1948 in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese textile and graphical artist, marine researcher and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals.
Early in her career she produced illustrations for collections of her father's poetry. Then in 1968 she entered a vocational school in Kerteminde in Denmark to become a teacher of embroidery. In 1970 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 1982 she learned scientific illustration at the Academy of Arts in Århus, and became illustrator specialising in marine animals at the Jerlesborg School in Tjarnö, Sweden in 1990. She is currently the only artist at the Faroese Natural History Museum, and has gained international recognition through illustrations she has produced for Postverk Føroya to use on many series of postage stamps.
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[edit] Stamps
[edit] Fish
FR 248 of 1994: Kombikk - Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). |
FR 250: Áarsíl - Brown trout (Salmo trutta fario). |
FR 251: Búrfiskur - Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). |
[edit] Leafhoppers
Date of issue: 6 February 1995.
[edit] Raven
Date of issue: 12 June 1995.
FR 275: North Atlantic raven (Corvus corax varius). |
FR 276: Pied Raven (Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus). |
[edit] Invasion birds
FR 290: Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus). |
FR 291: Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra). |
[edit] Mushrooms of the Faroes
FR 306: Papageyka-vakshattur Hygrocybe psittacina. |
[edit] Invasion Birds '97
Date of issue: 17 February 1997.
FR 307: Reyðkollur - Redpoll (Carduelis flammea). |
FR 308: Prýðisígda - Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). |
[edit] Sedentary Birds I
FR 324: Blackbird (Turdus merula). |
FR 325: Starling (Sturnus vulgaris faeroensis). |
[edit] Sedentary Birds II
FR 344: House sparrow (Passer domesticus). |
FR 345: Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes). |
[edit] Molluscs
Date of issue: 11 February 2002
FO 409: Lítli høgguslokkur (Sepiola atlantica) Ten armed squid |
FO 412: Agngágga (Buccinum undatum) Common Northern Welk |
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[edit] Art on Posters
Date of issue: 14 April 2003
[edit] Storm Petrel
FO 523: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus). |
[edit] Deepwater Fishes
FO 541: Trantakongafiskur - Deepwater Redfish (Sebastes mentella). |
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FO 543: Tranthavmús - Straightnose Rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica). |
FO 545: Tussafiskur - Deep-Sea Angler (Ceratias holboelli). |
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FO 548: Havtaska - Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius). |
[edit] Sources of information
Article based on information on the corresponding pages of German Wikipedia and French Wikipedia. These two pages quote the following sources:
- Listasavn Føroya - Kunstmuseum der Färöer (Faroese)
- Nordlysid.com - Astrid Andreasens Corner (English)