Viktoras Vizgirda

1904–1993

Viktoras Vizgirda (1904–1993) was a Lithuanian painter. He was born in Dominikonys. He graduated with a bronze medal from the Kaunas Art School, where he studied under J. Vienožinskis, and continued his training in Paris, where he became acquainted with the work of Cézanne, Dufy, Matisse and Derain. He was one of the organisers of the Ars group and chaired the Lithuanian Artists' Union in 1937–1938. In 1944 he left for the West, headed the painting studio of the École des Arts et Métiers in Freiburg, and in 1950 arrived in the USA. He made stained glass and painted landscapes and portraits of émigré cultural figures. He painted American places as if he were living in Lithuania: in many of his paintings a horizon line is visible through foliage and branches.

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