Statues - Hither & Thither

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Kaunas
Kauno apskritis

Miesto sodas
(City Garden)

Mikas Petrauskas

Palūšė 1873 - Kaunas 1937
Lithuanian organist, singer (tenor), conductor, educator, and composer
(Wikipedia)

Bronius Pundzius & Vladas Žuklys
1939

Description

Bronze bust on a red granite column with musical notation.

Inscription(s)

MIKAS
PETRAUSKAS

Annotation

Unveiled 28 October 1939. The bust is restored in 1993 by Vladas Žuklys.
The bust is close to that of his brother Kipras Petrauskas.

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.

Sculptors

Bronius Pundzius (Pievėnai 1907 - Vilnius 1959), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia).
Vladas Žuklys (1917 - 2013), Lithuanian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Location (N 54°53'48" - E 23°54'20")

Item Code: lt102; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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