Filomena Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 17 April 1942 in

Mažeikiai Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of Ma� ...

) is a Lithuanian set designer and painter.

Biography

In 1965, she graduated from the Lithuanian Institute of Fine Arts. She worked at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Committee in 1965–1968, at the Lithuanian Film Studio in 1968–1986, and the

Lithuanian National Radio and Television Lithuanian National Radio and Television ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija) is a non-profit public broadcaster that has been providing regular radio services since 1926 and television broadcasts since 1957. LRT joined Euro ...

in 1986–1999.

Works

Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė created

scenic design Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly trained ...

and costumes for about 40 different plays, including plays staged by the

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('' King Matt the First'' by

Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). After spending ma ...

in 1969; ''

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'' by

Peter Shaffer Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (; 15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films. Early life Shaffer was born to a Jewish family in L ...

in 1971),

Kaunas State Musical Theatre The Kaunas State Musical Theatre is a musical theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was established on November 27, 1940, in the former State Theatre hall adjoining the Laisvės Alėja. For some time, it mostly presented operettas. The building The ...

(''Three Evenings'' by in 1966; ''

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'' by

Emmerich Kálmán Emmerich Kálmán ( hu, Kálmán Imre; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are '' Die Csár ...

in 1978), Lithuanian Academic Drama Theatre (''Bridge'' by in 1970; ''Louis XIV'' by Jan-Olof Ekholm in 1981; '' The Rats'' by

Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He recei ...

in 1988), Lithuanian National TV (''Le Bel indifférent'' by

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in 1976; ''Barbora Radvilaitė'' by

Juozas Grušas Juozas Grušas (November 16, 1901, Žadžiūnai-Kalniškiai, Kovno Governorate – May 21, 1986, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright. Biography Grušas' first inspirational teacher was the Lithuanian poet Jovaras, ...

in 1982). She also worked on the TV show ''Vizijos ir tikrovė'' and 12 films, including '' Devil's Bride'' in 1974, ' in 1976, ' in 1980. In 1990s, she created scenic design for events and concerts, including children's song competition '' Dainų dainelė'' in 1992 and international folklore festival ''Baltica'' in 1993. Linčiūtė-Vaitiekūnienė is also a painter. She created cycles of oil pastels ''Reflectors of India'' (1997), ''Bird LITUA in Quedlinburg'' (2002), ''Trees and Towers'' (2006–2007), ''The Pathways of the Promised Land'' (2009). From 1978, she has participated in numerous art exhibitions. Her solo exhibitions were held multiple times in

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, as well as in

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