Artworks by Vladislovas Žilius in LIDF gallery
Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation introduces several works by a graphic artist, painter, illustrator and sculptor Vladislovas Žilius (1939-2012) from the series "Signs" and "Death Flowers" (1991), which have recently arrived to the funds collection.
Vladislovas Žilius was born in 1939 in Varsneliai, the district of Šilalė. In 1964 he graduated from the Lithuanian State Art Institute. He taught drawing at M. K. Čiurlionio School of Art in 1965 and at Vilnius Engineering Construction Institute in 1972. Later on he worked for Vaga publishers, and afterwards for Mintis publishers as chief artist. Since 1964 he participated in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad (in Malbork, Krakow and Barcelona). In 1976 he was allowed to emigrate and left for the USA, New York.
