Vytautas Nalivaika

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Vytautas Nalivaika (2011)

Vytautas Nalivaika (born October 24, 1958 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian sculptor .

Life

Nalivaika studied 1980–1986 at the Vilnius Art Institute with the sculptor Gediminas Jokūbonis . The lantern lighter on Johannes-der- Täufer-Strasse in the old town of Vilnius was his diploma thesis. During his studies he received medals at Lithuanian exhibitions and the Baltic Triennale .

In 1987 Nalivaika won second prize in the competition for a monument to honor the artistic work of the architect Dubeneckis . He created the memorial to the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Visaginas . He designed sculptures and parts of the interior decoration for the Stikliai restaurant in Vilnius .

Hannibal Pushkin Monument in Vilnius

Nalivaika designed a monument for the Moor Hannibal of Tsar Peter I and his great-grandson Alexander Pushkin based on an idea by the poet Yuri Leonidowitsch Kobrin.The monument was erected in 2010 in the courtyard of the Russian Orthodox St. Paraskeva Church in Vilnius , in Hannibal 1705 was baptized with Tsar Peter I as godfather.

Nalivaika is a member of the Union of Artists of Lithuania and lives in Vilnius. He is married and has three children.

Web links

Commons : Vytautas Nalivaika  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Monument to A. Pushkin and A. Hannibal (accessed December 22, 2016).
  2. ^ Memorial to Lamplighter (accessed December 22, 2016).
  3. Наталия Зверко: В Вильнюсе открыт памятник Пушкину и Ганнибалу (accessed December 22, 2016).
  4. ^ Monument to A. Pushkin and A. Hannibal (accessed December 22, 2016).