Statues - Hither & Thither

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Kaunas
Kauno apskritis

Miesto sodas
(City Garden)

Jeronimas Kačinskas

Viduklė 1907 - Boston, Mass. 2005
Lithuanian-born American composer
(Wikipedia)

Algimantas Šlapikas
2007

Description

Granite bust and pedestal in one piece.

Inscription(s)

JERONIMAS
KAČINSKAS

Annotation

Unveiled 30 November 2007 at the 100th anniversary of Kačinskas' birth.

Miesto sodas - City Garden

In the City Garden between the Laisvės alėja and the Musical Theatre are eight busts of composer and singers:

Česlovas Sasnauskas, by Antanas Aleksandravičius, 1933.
Mikas Petrauskas, by Bronius Pundzius, 1939.
Juozas Gruodis, by Konstantinas Bogdanas, 1984.
Kipras Petrauskas, by Leonas Strioga, 1985.
Stasys Šimkus, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1987.
Juozas Naujalis, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1989.
Antanas Kučingis, by Stasys Žirgulis, 1999.
Jeronimas Kačinskas, by Algimantas Šlapikas, 2007.

Sculptor

Algimantas Šlapikas (Kaunas 1963), Lithuanian sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Locatie (N 54°53'49" - E 23°54'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt101; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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