Stasys Ušinskas

1905–1974

Stasys Ušinskas (1905–1974) was a Lithuanian artist, stained-glass maker, stage designer, puppeteer, teacher and professor. Born in Pakruojis in 1905, he lived in the USA from 1909 to 1918. He studied painting at the Kaunas Art School in 1926–1929 and in 1929–1931 studied in Paris at the École Supérieure des Arts et Métiers and the Académie de l'Art Moderne. After returning in 1931 he held his first solo exhibition, and from 1932 he designed drama, opera and ballet productions. In 1934–1940 he taught monumental painting at the Kaunas Art School, and in 1940–1954, with interruptions, he headed the department of monumental and decorative painting in Kaunas and Vilnius. He died in Kaunas in 1974.

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