Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen

Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen (born April 24, 1932 in Tórshavn/Faroe Islands) is the leading architect of the Faroe Islands. He was also a graphic artist and author of publications about the Faroese church.

Life

Jákup Pauli was born in 1932 to the fashion designer Liffa Gregoriussen (née Arge) and the sailor Magnus Gregoriussen. He was educated at the architectural school of the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

Among his best-known buildings are the Listasavn Føroya (1970) and its extension to the National Art Museum in 1993. As a graphic artist, he designed stamps for the Postverk Føroya and illustrated books. His main themes are views of towns and villages; these include both Faroese scapes and those from his travels, including, amongst others, Russia, Poland, Rome, and Egypt.

In 1998 he was awarded the Faroese Literature Prize ("M. A. Jacobsens Heiðursløn") for his four volume opus about the Faroese churches (1995–1999). It is his bibliophilic masterpiece, luxuriously illustrated and informative about the Faroese churches and the History of the Faroe Islands from a regional point of view. Gregoriussen is an important advisor for the restoration of Faroese churches.

Buildings

"Under construction"

*1979: Faroese National Library
*Broadcasting building in Útvarp Føroya
*Pharmacy in Klaksvík
*New saving's bank in Tórshavn

tamps

The stamps, which he had drawn for the Postverk Føroya, are representative of Gregoriussen's graphical opus.

*Old farmhouses, February 9, 1987, engraved by Czesław Słania (series of 4 stamps)
*Old houses in Norðragøta, October 5, 1992 (series of 4 stamps)
*Suðuroy, January 26, 2004 (miniature sheet of 10 stamps)
*Christmas stamps, September 20, 2004; they are depicting the biggest churches of the Suðuroy island in Vágur und Tvøroyri.

Books

Gregoriussen illustrated the books; the authors are given.

*"Ferðatekningar". Tórshavn: Egið forlag, 1986 (50 p., travel drawings, self-published)
*"Tórshavn, vár miðstøð og borg". Gøta: Aldan, 1989 (110 p., drawings of Tórshavn)
*Jógvan Arge: "Havnarmenn í Gundadali: Havnar Bóltfelag 1904–1954". Tórshavn: Havnar Bóltfelag, 1994. (256 p., festschrift "90 Years HB Tórshavn")
*"Kirkjurnar í Føroyum". in Faroese in four volumes. The author has opulently illustrated these books (awardwinnig definitive book).
**"Gomlu trækirkjurnar". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1995 ISBN 99918-914-0-4 (227 p. about the old wooden churches) [http://www.bms.fo/bokInfo.asp?BID=724 Information]
**"Eldru hválvkirkjurnar". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1997 ISBN 99918-914-1-2 (308 p. about the older vaulted churches; English summary "The Old Vaulted Churches", p. 306–308) [http://www.bms.fo/bokInfo.asp?BID=725 Information]
**"Yngru hválvkirkjurnar". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1998. ISBN 99918-914-2-0 (316 p. about the younger vaulted churches; English summary "The New Vaulted Churches", p. 314–316) [http://www.bms.fo/bokInfo.asp?BID=723 Information]
**"Nýggjaru kirkjurnar". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 1999 ISBN 99918-914-3-9 (326 p. about the newer churches; English summary "Modern Churches in Faroe", S. 324-326) [http://www.bms.fo/bokInfo.asp?BID=726 Information]
*"Tórshavn vár miðstøð og borg II: tekningar úr Havn". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 2000. ISBN 99918-914-4-7 (104 p., drawings from Tórshavn, among them are 85 coloured drawings, 2. volumes. Summary in Danish and English)
*"Um heimsins borgir". Velbastað: Forlagið í Støplum, 2002. ISBN 99918-914-5-5 (112 p., "Über die Prachtbauten der Welt") ("In German")

Literature

*Gunnar Hoydal, Palle Dyreborg, Curt von Jessen, Karen Zahle, Kim Dirckinck-Holmfeld: "Færøsk arkitektur = Architecture on the Faroe Islands". Kopenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag, 1996. ISBN 87-7407-159-9 (166 p., Danish and English)