Algirdas Petrulis

1915–2010

Algirdas Petrulis (1915–2010) was a Lithuanian painter. Born in Natiškiai (Biržai district), he graduated from the Kaunas Art School (Justinas Vienožinskis’s studio) in 1939 and, as an external student, from the Vilnius Art Institute in 1944, where he studied under V. Kairiūkštis. He taught at the Vilnius Art Institute in 1945–1951. He exhibited from 1939 and joined the Lithuanian Artists’ Association in 1946. He was named Honoured Art Worker of the Lithuanian SSR in 1974, received the State Prize in 1984 and became a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts in 1995. He painted many landscapes, still lifes and interiors, as well as portraits and decorative compositions.

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