Pranas Domšaitis
Pranas Domšaitis (born Franz Karl Wilhelm Domscheit, 15 August 1880 – 14 November 1965) was a Prussian Lithuanian painter. Under the sponsorship of Max Liebermann he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Königsberg in 1907, graduating in 1910; this was his first formal schooling. He then travelled to, and studied at, various European capitals; he was strongly influenced by a meeting with Edvard Munch.
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- Full name
- Franz Carl Wilhelm Domscheit.
- Born
- 1880. · Polessk.
- Died
- 1965. · Cape Town.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- painter and artist.
- Movements
- Expressionism.
- Education
- Art Academy Königsberg.
- Languages
- German.
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Pranas Domšaitis naquit le 15 août 1880 à Labiau et mourut le 14 novembre 1965 à Kapstadt.
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Lieu d'activité enregistré par la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek : Königsberg.
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Recorded at birth as Franz Carl Wilhelm Domscheit. Born at Polessk in 1880, died in Cape Town in 1965.
Pranas Domšaitis studied at Art Academy Königsberg. The recorded working language is German. Work by Pranas Domšaitis is recorded in the collections of Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Berlinische Galerie, Alte Nationalgalerie, Neue Nationalgalerie and City Museum Stettin.
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- 1.Lithuanian Art Museum - Pranas Domšaitis Gallery. Artist Pranas Domšaitis (1880–1965).
- 2.ArcyArt. Pranas Domsaitis – South African Artist, Paintings, Oil Paintings 1880 - 1965.
- 3.Lithuanian Art Museum. Permanent exhibition of Pranas Domšaitis works.
- 4.Drunga, Mykolas. Pranas Domšaitis: Rediscovered Scion of Expressionism. Lituanus. 27. 4. Winter 1981. 0024-5089.
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