Bronius Vyšniauskas

Bronius Vyšniauskas (1 May 1923 in Gelnai, Kėdainiai – 27 June 2015 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian sculptor. He was an Honored Art Worker of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1963), People's Artist of the Lithuanian SSR (1973), and a recipient of the Lithuanian SSR State Prize (1973).^[1]^[2]

In 1947, he graduated from Kaunas Decorative and Applied Arts Institute. Beginning in 1947, he participated in exhibitions.^[3] Starting in 1948, he taught at the Vilnius Art Institute (now Vilnius Academy of Arts), becoming a professor in 1978.

Notable works

Manufacturing and Construction (1952, Green Bridge, Vilnius, together with Napoleonas Petrulis);
Four Communards (1973, Kaunas, now Grūtas Park, together with Napoleonas Petrulis);
Mother of Kryžkalnis (1972, Kryžkalnis, now Grūtas Park);
Busts of Alexander Pushkin (1955, Vilnius) and Kazimieras Būga (1986, Dusetos);^[4]
Tomb monuments of Jonas Biliūnas (1958, Anykščiai), Vincas Kapsukas, Pranas Eidukevičius, Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis (1959, Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow) and Povilas Višinskis (1971, Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius);
Sculptural portraits of Julius Janonis (1962), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1965);
Decorative sculptures Ratnyčėlė and Motherhood (1959, Druskininkai), Industry (1975, Panevėžys), Girl (1986, Klaipėda);
Compositions Minute of Rest (1957), Mother and Child (1965), Eglė (1979).