Vincas Grybas

Perhaps most recognizable work of Vincas Grybas is the monument for Vytautas the Great in Kaunas. However, the original sculpture did not survive. In 1990 the sculpture was re-erected.

Vincas Grybas (3 October 1890 – 3 July 1941) was a Lithuanian sculptor. Vincas Grybas was born in Lukiškės village where he also finished elementary school. Later he continued his studies at Warsaw art school. After World War I Grybas extended his studies in Kaunas and Paris. After Lithuania was occupied by the Nazi Germany, Grybas was killed in 1941.

Works

Among Vincas Grybas most famous creations are the monuments Simonas Daukantas in Seda, Lithuania. Vytautas the Great(restored) in Kaunas, to Petras Vileišis in Pasvalys, and a church altar in Sintautai.

"Vincas Grybas" (in Lithuanian). Žemaičių dailės muziejus. Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070717211305/http://mpkelias.mch.mii.lt/ASMENYS/grybas.lt.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-22.