Vytenis Rimkus (17 January 1930 – 12 November 2020) was a
Lithuania
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painter
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from the
Siauliai district municipality. He was sent to the
gulag for anti-Soviet activity. After his release he attended and graduated from an art school in
Leningrad.
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Lithuanian painters
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1930 births
2020 deaths
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