Tamošaitis, Antanas

Born in Barzdai, Lithuania
February 15, 1906 (+2005)

ART EDUCATION
  • 1923 - 1929, graduated Kauno meno mokykla
  • 1930 - 1931, attended Mstislav Dobuzinskis studio, Lithuania
ARTISTIC PROFESSION
  • 1927 - 1932, taught at Moterų dailės darbų mokykla
  • 1929 - 1932, lectured at Kauno meno mokykla
  • 1928 - 1933, taught at Lietuvos moterų kultūros draugijos mergaičių mokytojų seminarija
  • 1928, taught at Lietuvos moterų globos komiteto amatų mokykla
  • 1929 - 1930, taught at Kaunas Pavasaris, adult high school
  • 1931 - 1940, taught Basic Weaving at Dotnuvos žemės ūkio akademija
  • 1936 - 1939, taught at Kaunas I-moji valstybinė amatų mokykla
  • 1926 - 1939, lead expeditions to collect Lithuanian folk art works
  • 1940 - 1942, professor, Vilniaus dailės akademija and head of the Pedagogical department
  • 1942 - 1944, head, Kauno taikomosios dailės institutas, Dekoratyvinių audinių studija
  • 1945 - 1946, taught at Art Studio established by Antanas and Anastazija Tamosaitis, Glasenbach, Austria
  • 1946 - 1949, lectured at Ecoles des arts et métiers, Freiburg, Germany
  • 1946 - 1948, department head, Decorative Textile Art School, Freiburg, Germany
  • 1949 - 1950, director, YMCA Art and Trade Academy, Montreal
EXHIBITIONS
  • 1936, solo show, textile exhibition, Vytauto Didžiojo Cultural Museum, Kaunas
  • 1936, 1937, 1939, solo show, Kaunas*
  • 1948, group show, Lithuanian Art Exhibition, Hanau, Germany*

Solo exhibitions Canada and United States

  • 1949, YMCA, Montreal
  • 1962, 1963, Čiurlonis Gallery, Chicago
  • 1964, Philadelphia
  • 1964, Maison des oeuvres, Ottawa,
  • 1965, The Circle Moréas-Cézannes, University of Ottawa
  • 1965, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston
  • 1966, Little Theatre Art Gallery, Ottawa
  • 1966, Detroit*

Group shows

  • 1949, Lithuanian Art Exhibition, New York
  • 1950, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
  • 1952, Applied Art Exhibition, Brockton
  • 1954, Kanados lietuvių dienos, Toronto
  • 1955, Kanados lietuvių dienos, Montreal
  • 1956, Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
  • 1957, Collegiate Niagara Falls, Niagara
  • 1961, Lithuanian Art Exhibition, South Boston
  • 1961, Kanados lietuvių dienos, Montreal
  • 1963, 2nd Lithuanian International Art Exhibition, O’Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

Other exhibitions

  • 1967, 1976, Toronto
  • 1968, Sarnia
  • 1969, Windsor
  • 1970, Washington
  • 1971, Boston
  • 1971, Montreal
  • 1974, 1981, Mississauga
  • 1974, Winnipeg
  • 1975, Hamilton
  • 1981, Brooklyn
  • 1982, Brampton
  • 1984, Detroit
  • 1984, Ottawa
  • 1984, Philadelphia
  • 1986, Chicago

Gold medals at international fairs

  • 1937, Paris
  • 1938, Berlin
  • 1939, New York
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
  • Compiled and edited “Sodžiaus meno” 1931 – 1939 series publications
PUBLISHED BOOKS
  • 1933 “Audimas” (Weaving)
  • 1935 “Austiniai kilimai" (Woven Carpets)
  • 1935, “Staltiesės” (Tablecloths)
  • 1968, “Tautiniai rūbai ir juostų raštai” (Design of National Costumes and Sashes)
  • 1982, “Lietuvių margučiai” (Lithuanian Easter Eggs)

Co-wrote books with Anastazija (Mažekaitė) Tamošaitiene

  • 1979, “Lietuvių tautiniai rūbai” (Lithuanian National Costume)
  • 1988, ‘’Lietuvių juostos’’ (Lithuanian Sashes)

* Pr. Gaida, S. Kairys, J. Kardelis, J. Puzinas, A. Rinkūnas, J. Sungaila, Lithuanians in Canada (Toronto: Lights Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. and Time Press Litho Ltd., 1967), 131, 141, 201.

Tamošaitis, Antanas portrait
ARTWORK

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