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Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo – Graphic artist, painter.

Biography of Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo

Kuzminskis Jonas (1906-85), Lithuanian graphic artist, people’s artist (1965), full member of the Academy of Arts (1975). He creatively used the traditions of Lithuanian folk lubok (cycles “Vilnius”, 1942-57, “Based on Lithuanian folk and revolutionary songs”, 1960-66).

State awards: State Prize of the Lithuanian SSR (1967).

He worked in the children’s magazine “Zhiburelis” (“Ogonyok”) and the magazine “Culture” (1930s), as an engraver-lithographer in a printing house in Vilnius (1935-1941), a master-instructor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (1942-1943). Taught at: Academy of Arts and Art Institute of the Lithuanian SSR, Vilnius (since 1944), consultant professor (1983-1985).

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Vilnius. 1323-1973. 1972. Woodcut on paper,

Vilnius. 1323-1973. 1972. Woodcut on paper,

Works

Works (woodcut, etching, linocut, lithography) include landscapes, prints on folk songs and rural labor, and portraits, including

  • “Plowman”,
  • “Praying Mantis” (both – 1933),
  • cycle “Vilnius” (1942-1957),
  • “Ford through Dubisa” (1942),
  • “All the girls would have sat down at me” (1960),
  • “Oh flies, a flock of swans flies” (1963),
  • “I Am a Man” (1964), “On the Other Side of the Lake, Three Linden Trees Bloomed” (1965);
  • also illustrations and book design – “Mill of Baltaragis” by K. Boruta (1945),
  • “Anyksciai Bor” by A. Baranauskas (1952),
  • “Favorites” by A. Strazdas (1955),
  • “Where is the white city” S. Neris (1963),
  • “The Sorcerer” V. Kreve (1982), bookplates.
  • Departmental and other awards:
  • Silver and Bronze medals of the World Exhibition in Paris (1937),
  • diplomas of the All-Union competitions for the best edition of the year (1970, 1982).
Army General I.D. Chernyakhovsky. 1973 g.

Army General I.D. Chernyakhovsky. 1973.

Woodcut. 1955. I Sing Not for Glory

Woodcut. 1955. I Sing Not for Glory.

Lenin monument. Woodcut I. 1956

Lenin monument. Woodcut I. 1956.

Church of St. Michael. Linocut. 1947 g.

Church of St. Michael. Linocut. 1947.

St. Tallat-Kelpshi. Engraving on leather. 1946 g.

St. Tallat-Kelpshi. Engraving on leather. 1946.

Pilies lane. Linocut. 1947 g.

Pilies lane. Linocut. 1947.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. University courtyard. Linocut. 1947 g.

University courtyard. Linocut. 1947.

Church of St. Anne and St. Michael. Woodcut. 1956 g.

Church of St. Anne and St. Michael. Woodcut. 1956.

State University. Engraving on leather. 1946 g.

State University. Engraving on leather. 1946.

Bernardine Church. Linocut. 1944 g.

Bernardine Church. Linocut. 1944.

The courtyard of a residential building on the street. Gorky. Cut engraving.

The courtyard of a residential building on the street. Gorky. Cut engraving.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Tesos street. Linocut. 1956 g.

Tesos street. Linocut. 1956.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Bernardine and St. Jan's churches. Linocut. 1943 g.

Bernardine and St. Jan’s churches. Linocut. 1943.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Cathedral. Linocut. 1943 g.

Cathedral. Linocut. 1943.

Lazdinai. 1972. Postcard 1976.

Lazdinai. 1972. Postcard 1976.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Monastery of Business cards. Cut engraving. 1943 g.

Monastery of Business cards. Cut engraving. Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. 1943. 

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. View from the Garden of Youth. Cut engraving. 1943 g.

View from the Garden of Youth. Cut engraving. Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. 1943.

Kuzminskis Jonas Mikolo. Vilnius from Bekesheva mountain. Woodcut. 1956 g.

Vilnius from Bekesheva mountain. Woodcut. 1956.