Fishermen’s boats on the seashore
| Author: | Česlovas Janušas (1907–1993) |
Česlovas Janušas, a marine painter and scenographer, was born in 1907 in Feodosiya (Ukraine). In 1922 he settled in Lithuania. In 1926–1931 he attended the Kaunas School of Art. He began to participate in exhibitions in 1931 and did not miss a single event organised by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. In 1938 he displayed his personal exhibition in Kaunas. From 1937 he taught at the Kaunas School of Handicraft and in 1940–1941 he was its director. In 1944 he retreated to Germany. In 1945–1949 he had his own art studio in Wurzburg. In 1950 he settled in the USA. During his Lithuanian period he painted pictures and watercolours of Baltic Sea motifs, landscapes of Aukštaitija (the Highlands), portraits, and produced stage settings. He died in 1993 in New York.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Dalia Tarandaitė.
Česlovas Janušas, a marine painter and scenographer, was born in 1907 in Feodosiya (Ukraine). In 1922 he settled in Lithuania. In 1926–1931 he attended the Kaunas School of Art. He began to participate in exhibitions in 1931 and did not miss a single event organised by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. In 1938 he displayed his personal exhibition in Kaunas. From 1937 he taught at the Kaunas School of Handicraft and in 1940–1941 he was its director. In 1944 he retreated to Germany. In 1945–1949 he had his own art studio in Wurzburg. In 1950 he settled in the USA. During his Lithuanian period he painted pictures and watercolours of Baltic Sea motifs, landscapes of Aukštaitija (the Highlands), portraits, and produced stage settings. He died in 1993 in New York.
Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Dalia Tarandaitė.
