The Vilnius Academy of Arts ( lt, Vilniaus dailės akademija, previously ''State Art Institute of Lithuania'') in

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, Lithuania, grants a variety of degrees in the arts.

History

The Academy traces its roots back to the creation of the Architecture Department at

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in the former

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in 1793. The Department of Painting and Drawing was established in 1797, followed by the Department of Graphics (Engraving), and in 1805 – the Departments of Sculpture and History of art. In 1832, the university was closed, and reopened in 1919 with departments of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art. In 1940, the art studies in Lithuania were united under Vilnius Art Institute and

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. Later, the Academy saw several re-organisations, and in 1990 the name of Vilnius Academy of Arts was reinstated. The academy began working with

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in 2000, when the UNESCO department of culture management and culture policy was created. The museum of the Academy holds about 12,000 pieces, ranging from the 16th century to the works of its most recent students and graduates.

Notable alumni

* Danas Andriulionis, Lithuanian artist * Rūta Jokubonienė *Arūnas Rutkus * Vytautas Tomaševičius * Gražina Didelytė * Algis Uždavinys * Jurga Ivanauskaitė

References

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