Bronius Vyšniauskas
Bronius Vyšniauskas (1 May 1923 in Gelnai, Kėdainiai – 27 June 2015 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian sculptor. He was an Honored Art Worker of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1963), People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR (1973), and a recipient of the Lithuanian SSR State Prize (1973). In 1947, he graduated from Kaunas Decorative and Applied Arts Institute.
Bronius Vyšniauskas
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- Born
- 1923 · Gelnai.
- Died
- 2015 · Vilnius.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Lithuania
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · university teacher
- Education
- Kauno Meno mokykla
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour · Lithuanian SSR State Prize
- Languages
- Lithuanian
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Bronius Vyšniauskas (1 May 1923 in Gelnai, Kėdainiai – 27 June 2015 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian sculptor. He was an Honored Art Worker of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1963), People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR (1973), and a recipient of the Lithuanian SSR State Prize (1973). In 1947, he graduated from Kaunas Decorative and Applied Arts Institute.
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Beginning in 1947, he participated in exhibitions. Starting in 1948, he taught at the Vilnius Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Arts), becoming a professor in 1978.
• Manufacturing and Construction (1952, Green Bridge, Vilnius, together with Napoleonas Petrulis); • Four Communards (1973, Kaunas, now Grūtas Park, together with Napoleonas Petrulis); • Mother of Kryžkalnis (1972, Kryžkalnis, now Grūtas Park); • Busts of Alexander Pushkin (1955, Vilnius) and Kazimieras Būga (1986, Dusetos); • Tomb monuments of Jonas Biliūnas (1958, Anykščiai), Vincas Kapsukas, Pranas Eidukevičius, Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis (1959, Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow) and Povilas Višinskis (1971, Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius); • Sculptural portraits of Julius Janonis (1962), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1965); • Decorative sculptures Ratnyčėlė and Motherhood (1959, Druskininkai), Industry (1975, Panevėžys), Girl (1986, Klaipėda); • Compositions Minute of Rest (1957), Mother and Child (1965), Eglė (1979).
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