Vincas Grybas


Vincas Grybas was a Lithuanian sculptor. Vincas Grybas was born in Lukiškės village, where he finished elementary school. Later he continued his studies at Warsaw art school. After World War I Grybas extended his studies in Kaunas and Paris. In 1919, he joined the LSDP. After Lithuania was occupied by the Nazi Germany, Grybas was handed over to the Gestapo by the local auxiliary forces and killed in 1941 in Jurbarkas.

Works

Among Vincas Grybas' most famous creations are the monuments to Simonas Daukantas in Seda, Lithuania. He also created a sculpture of Vytautas the Great in Kaunas, a sculpture of Petras Vileišis in Pasvalys, and a church altar in Sintautai.