Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas

1907–1997

Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas (1907–1997) was born in Ūdrija (Alytus district) and died in Vilnius. He was a printmaker, painter, sculptor and stained-glass artist, and a member of the US National Academy. From 1941 he headed the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, and in 1943 he illustrated Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther". In 1944 he left for Germany and in 1951 for the USA. He was most prominent as a printmaker, creating book illustrations, prints, bookplates and postage stamps. Of all Lithuanian artists, he decorated the most churches abroad. In 1993 he was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas, 3rd class. He passed most of his legacy to the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art and the V. K. Jonynas Gallery in Druskininkai.

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