Vytautas Kairiūkštis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vytautas Kairiūkštis

Lithuanian painter

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1890

Place of Birth: Sejny, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1961

Profession: painter

Nationality: Poland, Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Vytautas Kairiukštis (1890 in Sejny – 1961 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian constructivist artist. From 1910 to 1911 Kairiukstis attended the Vilnius Drafting School. In 1923 Kairiukštis organised the New Art Exhibition which lasted from May 20 to June 20.
In this he was aided by Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who had moved to Vilnius the year before.
This was the first avant-garde art exhibition in Lithuania and featured Cubist, Constructivist, and Suprematist works.