Kaunas Picture Gallery
The Kaunas Picture Gallery is an art museum based in Kaunas, Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ..., which is a branch of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum. It houses part of the works donated by the famous Lithuanian collector Mykolas Žilinskas (along with the Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery). References Art museums and galleries in Lithuania 1978 establishments in Lithuania Art museums established in 1978 Museums in Kaunas {{Lithuania-museum-stub ...
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Kauno Paveikslų Galerija - Grafičiai
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. During the interwar period, it served as the temporary capital of Lithuania, when Vilnius was seized and controlled by Poland between 1920 and 1939. During that period Kaunas was celebrated for its rich cultural and academic life, fashion, construction of countless Art Deco and Lithuanian National Romanticism architectural-style buildings as well as popular furniture, the interior design of the time, and a widespread café culture. The city interwar architecture is regarded as among the finest examples of European Art Deco and has received the European Heritage Label. It contributed to ...
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