Tamošaitis (Mažeikaitė), Anastazija

Born in Vainutas, Lithuania
September 9, 1910 (+ August 28, 1991)

ART EDUCATION

• 1928 - 1931, attended Moterų dailės darbų mokykla, Kaunas
• 1937, continued handicraft study, Sweden

ART CAREER CONTRIBUTIONS

• 1932 - 1934, principal, Žemės ūkio rūmai - audimas ir mezgimas
• 1934 - 1937, weaving instructor, Žemės ūkio rūmų namų pramonės skyrius
• 1935, together with A. Tamosaitis, opened weaving co-operative, Ąžuolų Būdoje
• 1939 - 1940, director, Marginių bendrovės, Vilnius division
• 1940 - 1942, instructor, Kauno taikomosios dailės institutas - dekoratyvinių audinių studija
• 1945 - 1946, instructor, A.Tamosaitis established Art School, Glasenbach, Austria
• 1946 - 1948, weaving instructor, Dailės ir amatų mokykla, Freiburg, Germany
• 1948, established weaving and national folk costume studies, YMCA, Montreal
• 1977, was involved in establishing Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, Toronto

• Wove many publicly displayed wall hangings (tapestries), hooked rugs, weavings in traditional national patterns
• Created paintings and graphic designs
• Wrote and published several books on the subjects of knitting, weaving, handicrafts
• Produced and published together with Antanas Tamosaitis:
  1979, “Lithuanian National Costume”
  1986, “Lithuanian Sashes”