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Vytautas Kašuba
Vytautas Kašuba (actual surname ''Košuba'', 15 August 1915 – 14 April 1997) was a Lithuanian sculptor and honorary doctor of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (awarded in 1994). His major work is the Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas, a public sculpture in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania, commissioned in 1992 and erected in October 1996. Biography Early life and education Kašuba was born in Minsk on 15 August 1915, where his parents, who fled Lithuania during the World War I, lived. After returning to Lithuania, the family settled in Liudvinavas and later moved to Marijampolė. It was there where the sculptor grew up. Kašuba became interested in the arts as a child, apparently encouraged by his older brother, who taught painting at school. After studying at Rygiškių Jonas Gymnasium, he moved to the newly opened Marijampolė School of Crafts and graduated from the woodcarving class in 1934. A year later, after working for a while in the workshop of sculptor Juozas Zi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the Largest cities in Europe, 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
