Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas

Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas (born March 10, 1907 in Ūdrija ( Kalvarija district ), now Rajongemeinde Alytus ; † December 4, 1997 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian artist. He worked as a book illustrator, graphic artist, painter, sculptor, stained glass artist, poster and furniture designer. In the period after the Second World War he designed most of the stamp issues for the French occupation zone in Germany.

Life

From 1923 to 1929 he studied at the Kaunas Art School in Kaunas .

Jonynas lived in the spa town of Druskininkai and then in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, in the pension of the Center for Gerontology and Rehabilitation of the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine . In 1944 he was supposed to leave his homeland Lithuania and emigrated to the west. He settled in Germany and in 1952 in the USA.

Works

• Postage stamp issues of the French zone in Germany
• Postage stamp issues of the French zone Baden
• Postage stamp issues of the French zone Rhineland-Palatinate
• Postage stamp issues of the French zone Württemberg-Hohenzollern
• Postage stamp year 1947 of the Saar Protectorate

Honors

• Honorary Citizen of Druskininkai
• Member of the Legion of Honor (officer)
• Honorary doctorate from the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
• 1994: Elected member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "J" / Jonynas, Vytautas K. NA 1994 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 28, 2015) 

Web links

• Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas Gallery
• Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas Gallery
• THE ART OF VYTAUTAS K. JONYNAS (English)
• All stamps from Jonynas (English)