Vytautas Pranas Bičiūnas (August 20, 1893 in Klovainiai – October 30, 1943 in Sverdlovsk) was a

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 ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

, theatre actor, writer and literary critic. Between 1914 and 1916, he studied at

Kazan Art School The Kazan Art School is a state autonomous education institution in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. It's one of the oldest art schools in Russia, with a continuous history of more than 100 years. History The school was founded in 1895 as a b ...

. Then in 1917, along with

Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas (20 September 1869 – 29 April 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer, editor of nine periodicals, univers ...

, he edited the newspaper Lietuviu Balsas (''The Lithuanian Voice'')

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*''This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.'' 1893 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Lithuanian painters 20th-century Lithuanian male actors Lithuanian male stage actors People from Pakruojis District Municipality {{Lithuania-painter-stub

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