William Gislander 1924 – The Notebook

William Gislander 1924 – The Notebook

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To the White Brushstroke
Following William Gislander to the Mykines Lighthouse.
Aug 3 • Bernhard Schirg
The Steamboat Trail
Three coastal paintings – and a steamer route through the Faroes connecting them.
Jul 20 • Bernhard Schirg
Miraculous Multiplications
Two Gislanders promised, three paintings discovered – and a new trail leading towards the Faroese coast.
Jul 15 • Bernhard Schirg
Gulls in the Stairwell
From a live radio conversation to a painting in a private home – and a new trace across the Atlantic.
Jul 11 • Bernhard Schirg
The Angry Seal
A seal from Mykines escaping a basement in Lund.
Jun 15 • Bernhard Schirg
The Ducks That Made it Home
Tracing a raft of Eider ducks – the first of Gislander's Faroese works found in private possession.
Jun 1 • Bernhard Schirg
The Painter Who Made the Faroes Visible
William Gislander, Sámal Joensen-Mikines, and the Lost Exhibition of 1924.
May 11 • Bernhard Schirg
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