Stasys Eidrigevičius

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Stasys Eidrigevičius

Stasys Eidrigevičius (born July 24, 1949 in Mediniškiai , Pakruojis Rajongemeinde ) is a Lithuanian graphic artist, painter and photographer .

Life

The family of Stasys Eidrigevičius moved to Lepšiai in the district of Panevėžys in 1956 . From 1964 to 1968 he attended a technical college for leather goods design in Kaunas . He then studied until 1973 at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Institute of Fine Arts of Lithuania in Vilnius . In 1974 he was called up for compulsory service in the Soviet Army .

Poland he visited in 1972 for the first time at the invitation of Exlibrissammlers Edmund Puzdrowski from Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) . He married in Poland in 1976 and had 4 children, but it was not until 1980 that he was granted permanent residence in the country.

Stasys Eidrigevičius is artistically active in several fields and designs posters, illustrates books, paints pictures, designs stage sets, photographs, organizes performances. He is also an employee of the news magazine Polityka .

Awards

  • 1973 Medal of the International Bookplate Biennial in Malbork (Marienburg) , Poland
  • 1975 Medal of the International Bookplate Biennial in Malbork (Marienburg)
  • 1979 Golden plaque for children's book illustration at the Book Art Biennial in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia
  • 1980 Medal of the International Bookplate Biennial in Malbork (Marienburg)
  • 1981 Golden plaque for children's book illustration at the Book Art Biennial in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • 1986 Grand Prize for Book Illustration in Barcelona , Spain
  • 1987 Gold Hugo, Chicago , USA
  • 1988 silver medal, New York , USA
  • 1989 Golden plaque for children's book illustration at the Book Art Biennial in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • 1990 Grand Prix, Belgrade , Yugoslavia
  • 1991 Grand Prix, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 1993 gold medal, New York, USA
  • 1993 Paszport Polityki in the plastic category, Poland
  • 1999 gold medal, Katowice , Poland
  • 2000 Gediminas Order , Lithuania
  • 2001 Lithuanian National Art Prize

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ eidrigevicius.com For more information on the awards, see the artist's website
  2. ↑ MKiDN - Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis . (Polish, gov.pl [accessed May 9, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Ambasador Urszula Doroszewska wręczyła odznaczenia osobom zasłużonych dla rozwoju współpracy polsko-litewskiej. In: wilno.msz.gov.pl. May 3, 2019, accessed May 9, 2019 (Polish).

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personal data
SURNAME Eidrigevičius, Stasys
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stasys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian graphic artist, painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Mediniškiai , Lithuanian SSR