Vytautas Valius was born on August 24, 1930 in a small
Lithuanian town Telsiai. He studied at Telsiai Zemaite School,
graduated Kaunas Boys School in 1950 and entered the Lithuanian
State Institute of Art where he studied drawing for six years.
Among V. Valius’ teachers were professors of drawing P.
Aleksandravicius and K. Morkunas, assistant professor of painting A.
Savickas. Professor J. Kusminskis guided V.Valius’ diploma paper.
In 1965-1971 Valius lectured on drawing and composition at the same
Institute. Since 1971 he has been devoted to creative work only. At
the present, the artist lives in Vilnius and is an active member both in social and
organizing life of Lithuanian Artists’ Community.
The main fields in the artist’s creative works are print, book
illustration and painting. Unique contents and problems are typical of
his works.
V. Valius is a well-known graphic artist. Thousands of books
illustrated by Valius have spread all over the republic. Having
graduated the Institute he worked a lot studying the theory of book
aesthetics. He is closely connected with the leading republic
publishing houses. The artist’s merits in book illustration are
prominent; the extremely emotional language of his prints appeals to
the spectator’s intellect. The main artistic criteria in V. Valius’
works is determined by his reflections on objective scientific laws.
He is inspired by Lithuanian folk art.
From: J. G. Vytautas Valius (grafika,
tapyba).-V.-1981
Photographs
from the archives of Vytautas Valius
