Valentinas Antanavičius

1936–2024

Valentinas Antanavičius was born in 1936 in Kušlikiai (Šakiai district). In 1962 he completed his painting studies at the Lithuanian SSR State Art Institute. After about four years he turned away from official art: from around 1967 his best works were shown semi-legally, in exhibitions held in institutions and private flats. He made paintings, assemblages, watercolours and ex libris, and also worked in stage design; his innovative ex libris helped change the understanding of the genre. In 1998–2000 he took part in the activities of the group “24”. He received the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts in 1992 and the Knight's Cross of the Order “For Merits to Lithuania” in 2006. His works are held by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art and the Tretyakov Gallery.

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