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Adomas Varnas
Adam was born in 1879, January 1 in Joniškis, and died in 1979 July 19 in Chicago, US. He was an artist, painter, graphic artist, photographer, art educator. Adam fuels realistic portraits and graphic works. After Lithuania won its independence in 1918, the artist Varnas worked in theatre and opera, making his contribution by painting the sceneries.
After the war, in the period A. Varnas, lived in his native land, to the maximum attachment and is devoted to the creative power of nature Lithuanian imaging. He won many prizes by designing playing cards, postage stamps, went to Prague to supervise the first printing of Lithuanian money. During Worl War II, the artist Varnas fled Lithuania to Germany, and in 1949 he came to United States where presently he is sill very active in both Lithuanian art and cultural life.
Adam was born in 1879, January 1 in Joniškis, and died in 1979 July 19 in Chicago, US. He was an artist, painter, graphic artist, photographer, art educator. Adam fuels realistic portraits and graphic works. After Lithuania won its independence in 1918, the artist Varnas worked in theatre and opera, making his contribution by painting the sceneries.
After the war, in the period A. Varnas, lived in his native land, to the maximum attachment and is devoted to the creative power of nature Lithuanian imaging. He won many prizes by designing playing cards, postage stamps, went to Prague to supervise the first printing of Lithuanian money. During Worl War II, the artist Varnas fled Lithuania to Germany, and in 1949 he came to United States where presently he is sill very active in both Lithuanian art and cultural life.
Adam has created about 1,280 paintings in oil, of which about 170 portraits, landscapes in 1090, about 470graphics work. He collected folk art and especially valuable wooden crosses decorated with photo collection (2300 photos).
