Bronius Vyšniauskas (1 May 1923 in

Gelnai Gelnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 47 people. It is located from Vandžiogala, by the Mėkla river and its ...

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

– 27 June 2015 in

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) was a

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He was an Honored Art Worker of the

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(1963), People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR (1973), and a recipient of the Lithuanian SSR State Prize (1973). In 1947, he graduated from Kaunas Decorative and Applied Arts Institute. Beginning in 1947, he participated in exhibitions. Starting in 1948, he taught at the Vilnius Art Institute (now

Vilnius Academy of Arts The Vilnius Academy of Arts (, previously ''State Art Institute of Lithuania'') in Vilnius, Lithuania, grants a variety of degrees in the arts. History The Academy traces its roots back to the creation of the Architecture Department at Viln ...

), becoming a professor in 1978.

Notable works

* ''Manufacturing and Construction'' (1952, Green Bridge,

, together with Napoleonas Petrulis); * ''Four Communards'' (1973,

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, now Grūtas Park, together with Napoleonas Petrulis); * ''Mother of Kryžkalnis'' (1972, Kryžkalnis, now Grūtas Park); * Busts of

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

(1955, Vilnius) and

Kazimieras Būga Kazimieras Būga (; November 6, 1879 – December 2, 1924) was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language. He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russ ...

(1986,

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); * Tomb monuments of

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(1958,

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), Vincas Kapsukas, Pranas Eidukevičius,

Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis Feliksas Rafailovich Baltušis-Žemaitis (, November 30, 1897 – June 1, 1957) was a Lithuanian Red Army major general. He participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Hamburg Uprising, and World War II. Baltušis-Žemaitis was ...

(1959,

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) and

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(1971, Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius); * Sculptural portraits of Julius Janonis (1962),

Kristijonas Donelaitis Kristijonas Donelaitis (; 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minority. H ...

(1965); * Decorative sculptures ''Ratnyčėlė'' and ''Motherhood'' (1959,

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), ''Industry'' (1975,

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), ''Girl'' (1986,

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); * Compositions ''Minute of Rest'' (1957), ''Mother and Child'' (1965), ''Eglė'' (1979).

Gallery

File:Pushkin by Vysniauskas.JPG, Puskin

References

Lithuanian painters 1923 births 2015 deaths People's Artists of the USSR Academic staff of the Vilnius Academy of Arts People from Kėdainiai District Municipality 20th-century sculptors 21st-century sculptors Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery {{Lithuania-painter-stub

Notable works

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References