Kazimieras Svainauskas ✝
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Biography
1937-1940 he studied painting at the Kaunas School of Art, and later at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.After the Germans closed the school during World War II, he worked at the Šiauliai Aušra Museum and the Vilna Belarusian Museum. In 1944, he was arrested by the Soviets and transported to the Stalinogorsk mines. After the war, he returned to Vilnius, and in 1946 he left for Poland. He continued his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied graphic arts and painting.
Promoter of Lithuanian culture in Poland, artistic editor of the magazine "Aušra", one of the initiators of the commemoration of M. K. Čiurlionis's activities in Poland.
Member of the Polish Artists' Union, the Mozurian Cultural Society.
Cavalier of the Polish Cross of Rebirth (1986), laureate of the Palenque Culture Foundation (1998).
He wrote about art in the press.
He was mainly active as a graphic artist, working in wood and linocut techniques. He created estamps of nature and urban scenes ("Roofs in Piaseczno", "Suburb of Bialystok", both 1965; "Gate of Dawn", 1967), portraits (of M. K. Čiurlionis, 1970; "The Gate of Dawn", 1967), portraits (M. K.), thematic compositions ("Lithuanian Folk Dances", c. 1961; "Fishermen", 1969), still lifes ("Royal Begonia", 1989), book illustrations (for W. S. Reymont's novel "Chłopi / Kaimiečiai" (Chłopi / Kaimiečiai), 1996), and ex-librises. He took part in expeditions to Lithuania and Poland, collected and drew folk art and architectural monuments, recorded folklore, and sought to commemorate the historical links between Lithuania and Poland (the series "Lithuanian Monuments in Poland"). His works are characterised by a realistic manner intertwined with a romantic approach to history, clear composition, fine, sinuous carving, and a combination of black and white areas.
Promoter of Lithuanian culture in Poland, artistic editor of the magazine "Aušra", one of the initiators of the commemoration of M. K. Čiurlionis's activities in Poland.
Member of the Polish Artists' Union, the Mozurian Cultural Society.
Cavalier of the Polish Cross of Rebirth (1986), laureate of the Palenque Culture Foundation (1998).
He wrote about art in the press.
He was mainly active as a graphic artist, working in wood and linocut techniques. He created estamps of nature and urban scenes ("Roofs in Piaseczno", "Suburb of Bialystok", both 1965; "Gate of Dawn", 1967), portraits (of M. K. Čiurlionis, 1970; "The Gate of Dawn", 1967), portraits (M. K.), thematic compositions ("Lithuanian Folk Dances", c. 1961; "Fishermen", 1969), still lifes ("Royal Begonia", 1989), book illustrations (for W. S. Reymont's novel "Chłopi / Kaimiečiai" (Chłopi / Kaimiečiai), 1996), and ex-librises. He took part in expeditions to Lithuania and Poland, collected and drew folk art and architectural monuments, recorded folklore, and sought to commemorate the historical links between Lithuania and Poland (the series "Lithuanian Monuments in Poland"). His works are characterised by a realistic manner intertwined with a romantic approach to history, clear composition, fine, sinuous carving, and a combination of black and white areas.
He has participated in exhibitions since 1953.
The works are in the Šiauliai "Dawn" Museum, the National Museum in Warsaw, and the Sedlciai County Museum.
The artist's widow, Valerija Švainauskienė, donated the collection of the artist's works in 2011 to the Lithuanian Art Museum, and in 2012 - to the Centre of Kuršėnai Ethnic Culture and Traditional Handicrafts.
The works are in the Šiauliai "Dawn" Museum, the National Museum in Warsaw, and the Sedlciai County Museum.
The artist's widow, Valerija Švainauskienė, donated the collection of the artist's works in 2011 to the Lithuanian Art Museum, and in 2012 - to the Centre of Kuršėnai Ethnic Culture and Traditional Handicrafts.
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