Eva Erika LABUTYTĖ

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Eva Erika LABUTYTĖ was born on April, 15, 1938, in Begėdžių village, Šilutė region, the Klaipėda area. She studied in Plikiai and Klaipėda. Ms. Labutytė worked in the children's home in Saugai and in 1967 graduated from Vilnius State Institute of Arts (now the Academy of Arts) getting the specialization of the graphic artist (the supervisor of her thesis prof. Antanas Kučas).

Since 1968 Ms. Labutytė has been participating in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. Ms. Labutytė has arranged about 10 personal exhibitions in Lithuania (Vilnius, Klaipėda, Šilutė), Germany (Mannheim, Oberursel, Lübeck– Travemünde, Buxtehude), Poland (Olsztyn). Ms. Labutytė creates prints, bookplates, book designs, water-colours.

The major theme in her works is devoted to Minor Lithuania, the native coast, the ancient Prussians... Ms. Labutytė is faithful to the historical past and present of Lithuania. She is the founder of the Lietuvininkai Society.

At present Ms. Labutytė lives and works in Vilnius.

Address:
Architektų 200 – 15
2049 Vilnius
Tel.: (370 – 2) 448 206

 

The major works connected with  Lithuania Minor

Prints

  1. From the Series "Outstanding People of  Lithuania Minor (Martynas Mažvydas, Ludwig Rhesa, Jonas Bretkūnas, Daniel Klein, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Vydūnas (Vilhelm Storosta), Ieva Simonaitytė, Martynas Jankus). 1971 – 1979. Autozincography, 35 x 29,5.
  2. A. Kulvietis ir S. Rapolionis – 1979. 1971 – 1979. Autozincography, 51 x 36.
  3. Towns of Klaipėda area (Klaipėda, Nida, Rusnė). 1971 – 1979. Linocut, 44 x 32.
  4. My native land (To Ieva Simonaitytė's memory), I – III – 1981. Coloured linocut, 32 x 23,5.
  5. Motives of the Minor Lithuania, I – VI – 1982 –1983. Mix technique, 50 x 35.
  6. Rythms of the sea, I – VI – 1984. Monotype, 19 x 15.
  7. Composition of christening, I – IX – 1987. Coal, 32 x 24.
  8. Structure (l Vydūną), I – VII – 1988. Etching, aquatinta, 21 x 16.
  9. Signs of the Balts (christenings), I – IV – 1995. Etching, aquatinta, 32 x 25.
  10. Šilutė, I – VIII – 1989. Etching, aquatinta, 20 x 15.
  11. Evangelic Lutheran Churches of Klaipėda area, I – XII – 1995 – 1997. Etching, aquatinta, 24 x 16.

Book designs and illustrations

  1. Birutė Baltrušaitytė. Books of poetry "Šuliniai" ("Wells") (Vaga, 1986), "Lietuvininkų ir prūsų žemėj" ("On Lietuvininkai's and Prussians' land") (Vaga, 1991), the essay book "Mažosios Lietuvos moterys" ("Women of  Lithuania Minor") (... 1997).
  2. Domas Kaunas. "Mažosios Lietuvos bibliotekos" ("The Libraries of Lithuania Minor") (1987) ir kt.
  3. Vacys Bagdonavičius. "Filosofiniai Vydūno humanizmo pagrindai" ("Vidunas' philosophical principles of humanism").

Bookplates

To K. Donelaitis, I. Simonaitytė, Vydūnas, "Šilutė – 480", "Priekulė – 450", "Lithuanian book – 450", "Catechismus – 450" , etc.

 

The major works connected with Prussians

Prints

  1. Abelis Vilis – the founder of Prussian written language – 1978. Autozinkography, 45 x 35.
  2. Vilnius – the center of the Baltic studies – 1979. Mix technique, 45 x 60.
  3. All Saints' Day on Prussian's land, I – VI – 1982. Mix technique, 19 x 25.
  4. Prussians' words, I – VI – 1982. Mix technique, 17 x 12,5.
  5. To the memory of the Prussians, I – IX – 1988. Mix technique, 50 x 36.
  6. Requiem, I – III – 1989. Coal, 50 x 36.
  7. Memory, I – XII – 1992. – Mix technique, 30 x 21.

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