Viktoras Petravičius

1906–1989

Viktoras Petravičius (1906–1989) was a Lithuanian printmaker and painter. Born in Bedaliai (Šakiai district), he studied in A. Galdikas’s graphics studio at the Kaunas Art School and in 1935 graduated from the school and from M. Dobužinskis’s decorative graphics studio. In 1935–1938 he studied in Paris. At the 1937 Paris World Exhibition he received the Grand Prix for his illustrations to the Lithuanian folk tale “Gulbė karaliaus pati”. He belonged to the Forma group and taught at the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts in 1940–1941. In 1944 he fled to Austria, in 1945 to Germany, and in 1949 emigrated to the USA, settling in Chicago. His work is an art expressing the spirit of its time, grown from folk traditions.

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