Romualdas Aleliūnas

Romualdas Aleliūnas (25 March 1960 – 7 December 2016) was a Lithuanian designer of ceramics from Panevėžys.[1]

He graduated from the S. Žuko Applied Art college in Kaunas in 1978, and was fluent in Lithuanian and Russian.[2] In 1985, he began participating in international art and ceramic exhibitions in different countries, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain. In 1997, he became a member of the Lithuanian Artists' Association.[3]

He was the creator of monumental decorative compositions from šamoto: "Return" in 1989, "Silence" in 1991, "Tower" 1992, "Box" in 1994, "Castle" in 1996, "Vase" in 1997. His works often combined round and square shapes.[4]

He moved to Kupiškis around 2003.[5] In 2015, he was nominated to run for the Kupiškis city council.[2]

Aleliūnas died on 7 December 2016, aged 57, after collapsing suddenly at home.[6][7]

See also
  • List of Lithuanian painters

References
  1. Panevėžio miesto savivaldybė, panevezys.lt; accessed 27 December 2016.(in Lithuanian)
  2. "Kandidatai - 2015 m. kovo 1 d. savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai Romualdas Aleliūnas". Central Electoral Committee of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. "Mirė meninės keramikos kūrėjas Romualdas Aleliūnas - AINA - Aukštaitijos internetinė naujienų agentūra" (in Lithuanian). Aukštaitijos Internetinė Naujienų Agentūra. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. Lijana Šatavičiūtė. Romualdas Aleliūnas. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. I (A-Ar). V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2001.
  5. "Keramikas Romualdas Aleliūnas prieš Kalėdas miestelėnus sukvietė į pirmąją savo personalinę parodą Kupiškyje". Kupiškio rajono savivaldybė (in Lithuanian). Kupiskis.lt. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. "Mirė meninės keramikos kūrėjas Romualdas Aleliūnas" (in Lithuanian). Panevezys.lt. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. "Mirė meninės keramikos kūrėjas Romualdas Aleliūnas" (in Lithuanian). 8 December 2016.


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