Background
MIKENAS, Yuozas was born on February 25, 1901 in village Skardupis, now Lith Soviet Socialist Republic.
MIKENAS, Yuozas was born on February 25, 1901 in village Skardupis, now Lith Soviet Socialist Republic.
1925 graduate Kaunas Art School. 1931 graduate Paris Higher Art School.
Specialized in monumental, decorative and portrait sculpture. From 1954 head of a chair, Lith State Art Institute. Deputy, Lith Supreme Soviet of 1955 convocation.
Work: “Victory” group in Kaliningrad (1946). Statue of the post Yu.Yanonis. Bust and statue of the writer P. Tsvirk in Vilnius (1959).
Bust of the writer A. Ventslav. “Student Youth” group in Vilnius (1952). “Peace” composition (1960), etc.
Member, Communist Party, since 1952.
Correspondent member, USSR Academy of Arts from 1954. Bd member, USSR Artists’ Union. Communist Party member from 1952.