Lithuanian painter, sculptor
He studied in Rokiškis, in 1921-1922 in drawing courses in Kaunas, in 1922-1927 in the sculpture department of Kaunas Art School (1922-1925 in painting under Justinas Vienožinskis, 1925-1927 in sculpture under Kajetonas Sklėrių). In 1928-1933 he studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Having returned from abroad, he was a teacher at the Tauragė High Commercial School, Tauragė Teachers' Seminary, and a little later at the Kaunas State Gymnasium No. IV and Kaunas State School of Crafts. From 1940 to 1951 he taught at the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. His students included Konstantinas Bogdanas, Gediminas Jokūbonis, Kazimieras Kisielis, Jadvyga Mozūraitė-Klemkienė, Leonas Žuklys and others. From 1933 he participated in exhibitions. Since 1936 member of the Lithuanian Artists' Union. He was buried in Petrašiūnai Cemetery.
Created decorative sculptures, small sculptures, monuments. He created sculptures for monuments in Širvintos (1927), Kretinga, Biržai (1929-1930), Rokiškis (1931), Rietavas (1949), Ukmergė (1951), Druskininkai (1952). The most significant works are decorative sculptures: the Spruce Tree in Palanga (1958, past 1960), the Bagpiper in Panevėžys (1963, past 1974), the Kanklininkas in Kaunas (1968, past 1975), and the Fellowship of Friendship in Klaipėda (1981).
Designs projects for memorial museums in Salaspils (Latvia, 1963) and the Kaunas IX Fort (1970). Some of the artist's sculptures were created together with his son Robertas Antinius (Jr.).
