Sofija Veiverytė

"'Sofija Veiverytė (april 13, 1926) - artist, professor.

Career history

Teacher, Inst of Monumental and Applied Arts, Kaunas 1949;Head studio of Fresco/Mosaic, Lithuania State Art Acad, Vilnius 1968,Head Personal Painting Studio 1978, Prof. 1982-.

Publications

Monographs 1976,1968; exhibition catalogues, Vilnius 1981, Bulgaria 1986; Book of reproductions of her paintings 1987

Honours and awards

People’s Artist of Lithuania, Honoured Art Worker 1974,Painter of the Nation 1976, Lithuania Prize 1976,Laureate of Baltic Countries 1981, Exhbn Silver Medal, Moscow 1981, Grand Prix for portrait, Yugoslavia Biennale 1984, Nation’s Friendship order 1986, Order of the grand Duke Gediminas (III) of the Repub. of Lithuania 1996, Estonian order of the white star 2004, Ist prize in paintings exhbn in Lithuania 2006.

Office Address

Kuosu 4-1,2055 Vilnius, Lithuania