Antanas Krištopaitis
Antanas Krištopaitis (born 21 May 1921 Valdomai, Šiauliai district; died 6 May 2011 Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian painter, ethnographer and social activist. He has painted over 600 paintings of churches in Lithuania and over 200 paintings of windmills.
Antanas Krištopaitis
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- Name
- Antanas Krištopaitis
- Born
- 21 May 1921
- Birthplace
- Valdomai, Šiauliai district, Lithuania
- Died
- 6 May 2011
- Place of death
- Šiauliai, Lithuania
- Occupation
- Painter, Ethnographer, Social Activist
- Movement
- Lithuanian folk art, ethnography
- Nationality
- Lithuania
- Honours
- honorary citizen of Šiauliai · Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
- Languages
- Lithuanian
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Antanas Krištopaitis, recorded as a painter and stage designer, was born in 1921.
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• Name — Antanas Krištopaitis • Born — 21 May 1921 • Birthplace — Valdomai, Šiauliai district, Lithuania • Died — 6 May 2011 • Place of death — Šiauliai, Lithuania • Occupation — Painter, Ethnographer, Social Activist • Movement — Lithuanian folk art, ethnography
Antanas Krištopaitis (1921-2011), Lithuanian painter
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Antanas Krištopaitis (1921-2011) and Valdas Adamkus
from family albom, uploaded by Rimantas Lazdynas
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Šiauliai District Municipality.
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