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Vincentas Jakševičius suffered a [[heart attack]] while working in Gegužinė Church on [[July 19]], [[1936]]. Other than due to an intense work, his health had deteriorated due to a sudden death of his eldest son [[Silvanas Jakševičius|Silvanas]] three years earlier. He was buried in [[Kaišiadorys Cemetery]]. |
Vincentas Jakševičius suffered a [[heart attack]] while working in Gegužinė Church on [[July 19]], [[1936]]. Other than due to an intense work, his health had deteriorated due to a sudden death of his eldest son [[Silvanas Jakševičius|Silvanas]] three years earlier. He was buried in [[Kaišiadorys Cemetery]]. |
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A symbolic bench to commemorate Vincentas Jakševičius' legacy in Švėkšna was unweiled in 2014.<ref>[http://www.sveksnosnaujienos.lt/aktualijos/dekojame-uz-iamzinta-menininku-jakseviciu-atminima |
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Dėkojame už įamžintą Menininkų Jakševičių atminimą]</ref> There were also exhibitions organised in [[Panevėžys]]<ref>[http://www.voruta.lt/trys-menininku-jakseviciu-kartos-ir-ju-kuryba/ Trys menininkų Jakševičių kartos ir jų kūryba]</ref> and [[Šilutė]] to commemorate the legacy of Jakševičius' family.<ref>[http://www.silutesnaujienos.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18042:ramuiuose-violetos-astrauskiens-paroda&catid=90:spaudos-projektas-2016&Itemid=147]</ref> |
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== List of works == |
== List of works == |
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Revision as of 23:36, 2 February 2018
Vincentas Jakševičius | |
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 Vincentas Jakševičius ca 1928 | |
| Born | Vincentas Jakševičius ca 1873 Novomesto district, Russian Empire |
| Died | 19 July 1936 (aged 62–63) |
| Resting place | Kaišiadorys Cemetery |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Known for | sculptor, Church decorator |
| Notable work | the interrior of Kaišiadorys Cathedral, Švėkšna Park |
| Spouse | Marija Juchnevičiūtė-Jakševičienė (1897-1936) |
Vincentas Jakševičius (ca 1873 in Novomesto district, Russian Empire – July 19, 1936 in Kaišiadorys, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian sculptor and Church decorator. His works, ocassionaly accompanied by either his sons or his brother, include various pieces of religious art (statues of the saints and altars) in Kaišiadorys, Švėkšna and various other parts of Lithuania.[1]
Biography
Vincentas was presumably the eldest among his siblings, born to a family of Aleksandras Jakševičius and Marija Guzėnaitė-Jakševičienė. His father was a carpenter and Church decorator (sometimes titled the founding father of Jakševičius' dinasty of artists that spanned for 3 generations).[2] Both he and his youngest brother Benjaminas followed father's footsteps and would occassionally work together building altars and other church artwork together with Vincentas' children. Vincentas' talent for art was recognised at early age and it is said he received his art education at the Art institute of Wilno according to the story passed on through generations by Jakševičius' descendants.[3]
Jakševičius' family moved to Panevėžys in ca 1887 where three youngest Vincentas' siblings were born. Vincentas got married in 1897 and had a big family. However, out of 7 of his children, 3 died in infancy or early childhood. Two out of four surviving children, however, followed their father footsteps and also became sculptors. Vincentas moved to several places (Joniškis, Švėkšna) before he settled to Kaišiadorys with his family and spent there his final years, decorating the interrior of Kaišiadorys Cathedral, mostly accompanying by his son Adomas and taking up works in Gegužinė Church.
Vincentas Jakševičius suffered a heart attack while working in Gegužinė Church on July 19, 1936. Other than due to an intense work, his health had deteriorated due to a sudden death of his eldest son Silvanas three years earlier. He was buried in Kaišiadorys Cemetery.
A symbolic bench to commemorate Vincentas Jakševičius' legacy in Švėkšna was unweiled in 2014.[4] There were also exhibitions organised in Panevėžys[5] and Šilutė to commemorate the legacy of Jakševičius' family.[6]
List of works
- Altar in Dembava Church (ca 1907)
- Sculptures in Švėkšna Park (accompanied by his father and brother)
- Altars, sculptures and other religious art in Kaišiadorys Cathedral (1929-1932)
- A big altar in Gegužinė Church (1935–1936)[7]
References
- ^ Articles about brothers Jakševičiai in Lithuanian magazine "Žemaičių žemė" Archived November 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Šilutės Naujienos
- ^ [Rema Bartkienė. Dailininkai, skulptoriai, architektai Jakševičiai. Šilokarčiama. March 17, 2001, No.32 (531)
- ^ [http://www.sveksnosnaujienos.lt/aktualijos/dekojame-uz-iamzinta-menininku-jakseviciu-atminima Dėkojame už įamžintą Menininkų Jakševičių atminimą]
- ^ Trys menininkų Jakševičių kartos ir jų kūryba
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- ^ Architektas, skulptorius, dailininkas Vincentas Jakševičius [https://www.lzinios.lt/lzinios/zmones/architektas-skulptorius-dailininkas-vincentas-jaksevicius/239516 Archived February 28, 2017, at lzinios.lt (Error: unknown archive URL)
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