Statues - Hither & Thither

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Kaunas
Kauno apskritis

Miesto sodas
(City Garden)

Juozas Gruodis

Rokėnai 1884 - Kaunas 1948
Lithuanian classic, composer, educator and professor
(Wikipedia)

Konstantinas Bogdanas
1984

Description

Rock with a relief portrait on a red granite column.

Inscription(s)

kompizitorius
J. GRUODIS

Annotation

The architect of the monument is Jonas Jucaitis.

Miesto sodas - City Garden

In the City Garden between the Laisvės alėja and the Musical Theatre are eight busts of composer and singers:

Česlovas Sasnauskas, by Antanas Aleksandravičius, 1933.
Mikas Petrauskas, by Bronius Pundzius, 1939.
Juozas Gruodis, by Konstantinas Bogdanas, 1984.
Kipras Petrauskas, by Leonas Strioga, 1985.
Stasys Šimkus, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1987.
Juozas Naujalis, by Mindaugas Šnipas, 1989.
Antanas Kučingis, by Stasys Žirgulis, 1999.
Jeronimas Kačinskas, by Algimantas Šlapikas, 2007.

Sculptor

Konstantinas Bogdanas (Žeimiai 1926 - Vilnius 2011), Lithuanian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka, Žymūs Kauno žmonės: atminimo įamžinimas

Locatie (N 54°53'48" - E 23°54'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt104; Photograph: 14 July 2013
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