Stasys Eidrigevičius (born 24 July 1949 in Mediniškiai,

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) is a

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and

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Biography

Eidrigevičius graduated from the College of Fine Arts and Crafts in

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in 1968. In 1973, he obtained a diploma from

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Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1980 he has lived in

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. Eidrigevičius is active in many artistic fields, such as: oil painting, book-plate, book illustration, studio graphics, and photography. He has been interested in posters since 1984.

Major awards

Major awards: Gold Plaque for children's book illustration at Biennial of Book Art in

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, Czechoslovakia (1979, 1981, 1989), Grand Prix (1991); Gold Medal at International Biennial of Exlibris in

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(1980); Honorary Mention at Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms in

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, Poland (1979); Grand Prix for book illustration in

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, Spain (1986); Grand Prix at International Biennial of Posters in

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, Finland (1989); 3rd Prize at International Biennial of Posters in

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(1990), Gold Medal,

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, Japan (1994), 1st Prize at Biennial of Polish Poster,

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(1999), National Award in Arts, Lithuania (2001); Commander's Cross of the

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(2019).

References

1949 births Living people Lithuanian graphic designers Lithuanian illustrators Lithuanian painters Lithuanian photographers Soviet emigrants to Poland Polish graphic designers 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century male artists Polish photographers Polish poster artists Recipients of the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Polish male painters {{Lithuania-painter-stub