Statues - Hither & Thither

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Kaunas
Kauno apskritis

Miesto sodas
(City Garden)

Juozas Naujalis

Raudondvaris 1869 - Kaunas 1934
Lithuanian organist, composer, teacher and choral conductor
(Wikipedia)

Mindaugas Šnipas
1989

Description

Bronze head on a gray granite column.

Inscription(s)

JUOZAS
NAUJALIS

Signature

Monogram MS XY

Annotation

Unveiled 9 September 1989.

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

Mindaugas Šnipas (Šakiai 1960), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Locatie (N 54°53'49" - E 23°54'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt105; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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