Marija Anortė Mackelaitė, better known as Anortė Mackelaitė, (born 14 October 1930 in Kėdainiai) is a

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artist. Along with stained-glass artists such as Stasys Ušinskas, Algimantas Stoškus, Kazimieras Morkūnas, Antanas Garbuskas, Filomena Ušinskaitė, Konstantinas Šatūnas and Bronius Bružas, she has been cited as one of the leading artists in this field in Lithuania and the

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. Her best-known work is the brightly colored stained-glass windows which she contributed to Anykščiai Church, the tallest church in Lithuania.

Biography

In 1949–1951, Mackelaitė studied at the Kaunas Institute of Applied Decorative Art, and in 1955 at the

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. In 1956–1957, she became a school teacher in Kėdainiai. Since 1957 she has participated in exhibitions and has been the creator of ornamental stained glass. Her works are characterized by a harmonious composition, with ornamental strip line design, often combining bright with contrasting or moderate colors. In 1968 she designed the windows to the Klaipėda Cultural Palace and in the late 1960s also designed windows in the spa town of Druskininkai. Between 1970 and 1985, she worked on the Anykščiai Church, the tallest church in Lithuania where she designed the brightly colored stained glass windows. She designed the window in the entrance hall of the Čiurlionis School of Art (1962) and the booths in the Aušrinė Cafe (1972).Ramanauskaitė, p. 11 In the Vasara restaurant in Palanga, she innovatively used decorative properties of facet glass by utilizing it to face the walls.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackel, Marija Lithuanian artists 1930 births Living people Lithuanian stained glass artists and manufacturers People from Kėdainiai Vilnius Academy of Arts alumni 20th-century Lithuanian women artists 21st-century Lithuanian women artists