{"id":7156,"date":"2023-08-16T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bienale.lt\/2023\/?post_type=artists&#038;p=7156"},"modified":"2023-08-19T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:07:56","slug":"magdalena-birute-stankunaite-stankuniene","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/artists\/magdalena-birute-stankunaite-stankuniene\/","title":{"rendered":"Magdalena Birut\u0117 Stank\u016bnait\u0117-Stank\u016bnien\u0117"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magdalena Birut\u0117 Stank\u016bnait\u0117-Stank\u016bnien\u0117 (born 1925 in O\u017eeliai village, Vilkavi\u0161kis district, Lithuania; died 2017 in Chicago, USA) was a Lithuanian expatriate painter, graphic artist, writer, patron of art and culture, as well as an inspiration and supporter of various projects. During the Second World War, she fled to Germany and later relocated to Great Britain, where she studied at the Mayfair Mannequin Academy in London and at St. Martin\u2019s School of Arts. In 1960, she moved to the USA and continued her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, Vytautas Petravi\u010dius\u2019 studio, Bogan City College, and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. While in exile, she became a member of the Cultural Council of the Lithuanian-American Community, the Lithuanian-American Artists\u2019 Union, the group \u201cDail\u0117\u201d, the Lithuanian-American Artists\u2019 Society, and the Hyde Park Art Centre Association. She managed the art archive at the Lithuanian Studies and Research Centre in Chicago and, after 1990, oversaw its transfer to the Lithuanian National Museum of Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stank\u016bnait\u0117-Stank\u016bnien\u0117\u2019s body of work includes painting, graphic art (primarily woodcuts), and stained glass. Her early graphic works, characterized by primitivist features, primarily revolve around themes of the Lithuanian countryside. In her later work, she unveils mysterious visions with distinctive abstract shapes, conveying a sense of constant movement and shifting colours. Her paintings are known for their decorativeness, expressiveness, uniform linear rhythm, expressive composition, and combinations of contrasting colours. The artist has also created stained glass, mosaics, and batik works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stank\u016bnait\u0117-Stank\u016bnien\u0117\u2019s pieces can be found in the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the National M.K. \u010ciurlionis Museum of Art, as well as museums in Bir\u017eai, Plung\u0117, Mol\u0117tai, Kudirkos Naumiestis, Rietavas. Her works are also held at the Martynas Ma\u017evydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius University, Marijampol\u0117 P. Kriau\u010di\u016bnas Library, Vilkavi\u0161kis Library, Vytautas Magnus University, Mykolas Romeris University, and the Franciscan convent in Kretinga.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7214,"template":"","class_list":["post-7156","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/7156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}