Blossoming lilac II
| Author: | Giedrius Kazimierėnas (b.1948) |
Giedrius Kazimierėnas is the only contemporary artist who paints illustrations of Lithuanian history, and has his own concept of history and his own understanding of the composition of historical pictures. He tries to perceive the spirit of past events in his work. Kazimierėnas was born on 13 February 1948 at Teberiškė, in the Švenčionys district. He went to the First Secondary School of Švenčionys, and in 1972 he graduated from the State Art Institute of Lithuania. Between 1972 and 1980, he worked at the Institute for the Restoration of Cultural Monuments. Since 1980 he has been a lecturer at the State Art Institute of Lithuania (since 1990 Vilnius Academy of Art), and an associate professor (1991) and professor (2007) in the Department of Design.
He has painted many small pictures of daily life, in which he uses a metaphorical language, and cycles of symbolic compositions about BAM (the Baikal-Amur Main Line, 1975–1976), The French Cycle (1997), The Italian Cycle (2000), The Greek Cycle (2001), The Spanish Cycle (2003–2005), still lifes and landscapes. He began to participate in exhibitions in 1973, both at home and abroad (Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Greece), and has held nine solo exhibitions. Works by him are held by the Lithuanian Art Museum and the Sharjah Art Museum (the UAE). During the last seven years, he has produced pictures on Lithuanian history which have been published in a special book.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė.
Giedrius Kazimierėnas is the only contemporary artist who paints illustrations of Lithuanian history, and has his own concept of history and his own understanding of the composition of historical pictures. He tries to perceive the spirit of past events in his work. Kazimierėnas was born on 13 February 1948 at Teberiškė, in the Švenčionys district. He went to the First Secondary School of Švenčionys, and in 1972 he graduated from the State Art Institute of Lithuania. Between 1972 and 1980, he worked at the Institute for the Restoration of Cultural Monuments. Since 1980 he has been a lecturer at the State Art Institute of Lithuania (since 1990 Vilnius Academy of Art), and an associate professor (1991) and professor (2007) in the Department of Design.
He has painted many small pictures of daily life, in which he uses a metaphorical language, and cycles of symbolic compositions about BAM (the Baikal-Amur Main Line, 1975–1976), The French Cycle (1997), The Italian Cycle (2000), The Greek Cycle (2001), The Spanish Cycle (2003–2005), still lifes and landscapes. He began to participate in exhibitions in 1973, both at home and abroad (Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Greece), and has held nine solo exhibitions. Works by him are held by the Lithuanian Art Museum and the Sharjah Art Museum (the UAE). During the last seven years, he has produced pictures on Lithuanian history which have been published in a special book.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė.
