Alfonsas Dargis

1909–1996

Alfonsas Dargis was born on 12 May 1909 into a farming family in the village of Reivyčiai and died on 13 January 1996 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. At Mažeikiai gymnasium (1924–1929) he co-founded a local-history club, "Senovės pažinimo mėgėjų kuopelė", and produced the school's first newsletter, "Mokinukas". In 1929–1936 he studied at the Kaunas Art School and belonged to the "Forma" group, which promoted printmaking. His diploma work, a cycle of six pieces titled "Lithuanian Wedding Customs", earned him a state scholarship to study abroad, and in 1936–1940 he studied stage design at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. His works are held by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art and the Samogitian Art Museum.

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