Valentinas Antanavičius (2 May 1936 – 20 September 2024) was a Lithuanian painter. In 1992 he won a Lithuanian national arts award.
Biography
editIn 1962 he graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Art. From 1962 he taught at the M. K. Čiurlionis arts school; also since 1988 the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts.
Antanavičius was a painter of portraits featuring cultural figures, as well as a and printmaker. He was one of the most famous assemblage artists in Lithuania. His works of the main character, are constructed in the form of the human figure. He was a member of "Group 24".[1]
From 1962, Antanavičius held 15 solo exhibitions. He died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 88.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alfonsas Andriuškevičius. "Valentinas Antanavičius". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. I (A-Ar). V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2001, 561 psl.
- ^ Mirė dailininkas, Nacionalinės premijos laureatas Valentinas Antanavičius (in Lithuanian)
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