Antanas Krištopaitis (born 21 May 1921 Valdomai,
Å iauliai district
Å iauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 2024. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Å iauliai County.
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; died 6 May 2011
Å iauliai
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and social activist. He has painted over 600 paintings of churches in Lithuania and over 200 paintings of windmills.
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1921 births
2011 deaths
People from Å iauliai District Municipality
Lithuanian painters
Soviet painters
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