death_date birth_place imagesize nationality field birth_date article_title name
8 october 1865 dímum 250px faroese painting 25 july 1802 díðrikur á skarvanesi
 díðrikur á skarvanesi
díðrikur á skarvanesi

díðrikur á skarvanesi also called díðrikur í kárastovu -lrb- 25 july 1802 - 8 october 1865 -rrb- , was born in dímun and was the first known painter in the faroe islands that art historians know of .
díðrikiur á skarvanesi was a bird painter .
he was self-taught , the only kind of art education he had was when he went on a study tour to copenhagen in 1828 .
only five of his paintings have been preserved .
his work is on permanent exhibition at the listasavn føroya -lrb- faroe islands art museum -rrb- .
