Algirdas Petrulis

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Algirdas Petrulis (16 January 1915 – 25 January 2010) was a Lithuanian painter.

Petrulis studied at the

Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts
). He became associate professor in 1968.

He was interested in modern French art, and his artwork was richly nuanced with a highly sensitive color palette.

From 1946, he was a member of the

Lithuanian National Prize in 1995 and was awarded the Grand Duke Gediminas Order of the Commander's Cross
, the St. Christopher statuette, and the Gold Label of the Lithuanian Artists' Union.

References

  1. ^ Irytas Archived 2010-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Lithuanian)