Jadvyga Paukstiene Oil Painting Lithuanian Modernist 10\" x 7.25\" c. 1980 For Sale

Scarce and collectible oil on board by Jadvyga Paukstiene (1913-2005) titledMotinystcin (Maternity) featuring Mother and Child painted on board and mounted on wood signed bottom right, and signed and dated on back 1980. Board measures 8 1/8\" high x 6\" wide, wood \'framing\' mount measures 10\" high x 7 1/4\" wide x 1\" deep and is in overall Excellent condition, note a small area of loss on edge where a metal pin may have originally been to secure the piece to board as shown, otherwise little wear, please see all photos.

A well listed Lithuanian artist JADVYGA DOBKEVICIUTE PAUKSTIENE (1913-2005). Paukstiene\'s works are saleed in Lithuania, where she is considered a major national artist. Born in Latvia, she was educated at the Kaunas School of Art in Lithuania, studying under Petras Kalpokas in 1938. After that she studied in Paris at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, winning a gold medal in 1937. During the difficult war year of 1942, she participated in a significant exhibition, and in 1944 moved to Germany. After the war she appeared in Chicago, where she became a member of the Lithuanian Artists Union. In the latter part of her life in the USA she was a respected teacher.

HER BIOGRAPHY FROM A TRANSLATED LITHUANIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET: Jadvyga Paukštienė, who is a legend among our artists, with many international prizes and awards, calls herself an expressionist painter in the sense that she creates her images impulsively. The images are first acquired in the shape of an idea which suddenly appears in her consciousness; she then works feverishly until the \"idea\" is embodied in a painting with visual and thematic content. Subjects that keep recurring are family life, especially children and their mothers, nature and its flowers, the nude (which for her is an object composed entirely of colors: \"The human body is nothing but colors\"), and still life. The main, underlying idea for all this is Man, the rest is background.\" Color is her medium, which in her oils reaches the effect of three-dimensionality with a surface

A fine addition to any home or collection!

Shipping is FREE inthe Continental USA. Please email for an international shippingquote. All items come from a smoke free home. Items are usuallyshipped within 24 hours of receiving payment. Email us yourquestions and check out our fully stocked store!

Please contact us ifyou have any questions at all. We are here to help you with yourpurchase decisions. Please view the total listing as there are morepictures at the bottom of the listing. Shipping Cost, if quoted inthe listing, is an estimate and is based upon us using the leastexpensive way of shipping to you if your address is a street addressin the Continental United States Only (48 States), all others (i.e.,foreign country, Alaska, and Hawaii residents), please contact usprior to purchase for a shipping quote. Thank you