Aspazija Vaivadaitė Surgailienė

1928–2011

Aspazija Vaivadaitė Surgailienė (1928–2011) was a Lithuanian printmaker born in Tauragė. She graduated from the Lithuanian Art Institute in 1958. She illustrated more than 70 books, mostly Lithuanian folk tales; her 1961 'Pasakų skrynelė' (Fairy-Tale Chest), a set of small books in a box, was published in four versions with a combined print run of nearly 200,000 copies. In the late 1960s her style took shape, based on the stylisation of folk art: decorative qualities, large generalised forms and a strong outline. She made print cycles on themes from folk tales and songs, as well as stained glass, and around 1992–1993 she took up quilts. Her works are held by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art and the Šiauliai Aušra Museum.

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