Jonas Šileika

Jonas Šileika is a Lithuanian painter.

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Jonas Šileika was a Lithuanian painter born on July 2, 1883 in Jadagoniai (Kaunas district) and died on October 27, 1960 in Kaunas. He emigrated to the United States in 1900 and studied at Valparaiso University from 1905-1906. He completed his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910. He then went on to further his education in Paris, Vienna, Cracow, and Munich where he studied painting at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He lived in Lithuania and Moscow from 1913-1915 and then returned to the United States from 1915-1921.

From 1922-1940, Šileika taught at the Kaunas School of Art and from 1940-1941 he taught at the Vilnius Academy of Art. From 1941-1951, he was a professor at the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.

Šileika's works include portraits (such as the "Bavarian Portrait" from 1912), landscapes often with a portrait in the background (such as "V. Kudirkos" from 1921 and "J. Basanavičiaus" and "J. Naujalio" both from 1924), views of the Nemunas river bank, panoramic views of Kaunas (such as "Nemunas river near Vilkija" from 1922 and "Nemunas near Brūže" from 1935), and figurative compositions (such as "Gediminas Hunting" from 1925). In 1914, he collaborated with architect P. Rimša and A. Ščiusevu to design a wall clock for Moscow's Kazan railway station.

Šileika's works are characterized by their realistic, epic, precise, and constructive style of drawing.

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