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[[File:Paulius Galaune.jpg|thumb|200px|Memorial postal cover issued by [[Lietuvos paštas]] 1989]] |
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'''Paulius Galaunė''' (January 25, 1890 – October 18, 1988) was a [[Lithuania]]n art historian and artist. He studied Lithuanian folk art, particularly Lithuanian wood-carving, weaving and mural-painting. Galaunė studied an eclectic range of subjects, including the paintings of the [[Northern Renaissance]], bookplates and early Lithuanian sculpture. At the height of his career, he was one of the most respected academics in Lithuania and his research had gained significant international attention.<ref name=stra/> Galaunė's own artworks were shown internationally during his lifetime. Although Galaunė specialised in painting, examples of his work in many media exist. |
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== Early life == |
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Galaunė was born to a middle-class family in Pagelažiai, a small town near [[Ukmergė]], [[Vilnius County]].<ref>''Paulius Galaunė: monografija'', Zita Žemaitytė, Vaga, Vilnus 1988, p.2</ref> As an adolescent, with the encouragement of his family, he became a proficient sketcher and painter. Galaunė also became interested in neuroscience and thus studied at the Institute of Psychoneurology in [[University of St. Petersburg]].<ref>[http://www.muziejai.lt/kaunas/galauniu_muziejus.en.htm The Galaunė Family Museum]. Association of Lithuanian Museums. Accessed 2010-07-06.</ref> Having completed his degree, he studied art in St. Petersburg and Moscow. His studies were interrupted by [[World War I]] – he fought in the [[Imperial Russian Army]]. |
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== Academic career == |
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Having been discharged from the army in 1917, he worked for the [[National Museum of Lithuania]] until 1923, when he took an internship at the [[Louvre]], Paris. In 1924, after briefly working on conservation exhibits at Riga, he returned to working at the National Museum.<ref>''Historians as Nation-State builders:the formation of the Lithuanian University, 1904-1922'', Audronė Janužytė, University of Tampere, 2005, p. 268</ref> He became director of the cultural Museum of Vytautas the Great in 1936 and he was also state commissioner of Archaeology from 1930 to 1935.<ref name=stra>Liaudies kūryba,A. Stravinska, LTSR Paminklų apsaugos ir kraštotyros draugija, Lietuvos TSR Liaudies meno draugija, Vilnius, 1992, pp. 354–358</ref> He taught at the [[University of Lithuania]] as a ''Dozent'' from 1925 to 1940.<ref>''Lithuanian bookplates'',Vitolis E. Vengris, Lithuanian Library Press, 1980, pp. 41–43</ref> One of his most important works, ''Lietuvių liaudies menas'' was published in 1930, and for his work on the subject of folk art he was awarded the French [[Legion of Honour]] in the same year.<ref>''Paulius Galaunė: monografija'', Zita Žemaitytė, Vaga, Vilnus 1988, p.32</ref> This reflected his involvement in the French–Lithuanian society. His importance as a scholar was also recognized through his winning the Vytauto Didžiojo award (grade 4) in 1931 the Latvian [[Order of the Three Stars]], and a grade 3 [[Order of Vasa]] from the King of Sweden in 1938. During the war he worked in the conservation department of the museum. In the Socialist period, he became active again as a scholar, writing the commentary for six albums of Lithuanian folk art, which were published in 1956. He retired as an academic in 1951, and was awarded the [[USSR State Prize]] as a sign of his contribution to the study of Lithuanian art in 1970. |
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== Artistic career == |
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Galaunė's works were exhibited internationally in his lifetime. His works were exhibited across [[Scandinavia]] from 1931-1934, and in [[New York]] in 1939. After the war, due to the [[Iron Curtain]], his works were generally only exhibited inside Lithuania. He continued painting after his retirement, and designed stamps for [[Lietuvos paštas]]. Galaunė painted in a fairly traditional manner, strongly influenced by folk art.<ref>''Paulius Galaunė: monografija'', Zita Žemaitytė, Vaga, Vilnus 1988, p.146</ref><ref>''Lithuania: past, culture, present'', Saulius Žukas, Egidijus Aleksandravičius, Baltos lankos, 1999, p. 236</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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Galaunė married [[Adele Nezabitauskaite]], an opera singer who had graduated from music school in Moscow, in 1919. She later had considerable success, and held over twenty title roles. She also later taught at the [[Conservatory]] at [[Kaunas]] and died in 1962.<ref>Paulius Galaunė: monografija, Zita Žemaitytė, Vaga, Vilnus 1988, p.126</ref> The apartment the couple shared was converted into the ''Galaunė Family Museum'' in 1995, and contains his personal belongings as well as his works. It is part of the [[M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum]].<ref>''Museums of Lithuania'', The Galaune Family Museum, [http://www.muziejai.lt/Prev_vers/kaunas/galauniu_muziejus.en.htm]</ref> After his death in 1988, [[Lietuvos paštas]] issued stamps and a [[first day cover]] in his honor.<ref name=stra/> |
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