Tadeusz Dowgird

Tadeusz Dowgird
Tadeusz Dowgird in 1905.
Born Tadeusz Dowgird
Tadas Daugirdas (Lithuanian)
1852
Died 1919
Torbino, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Resting place Ariogala, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian
Education St. Petersburg, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Vilnius and Warsaw
Known for Painting
Movement Realism

Tadeusz Dowgird (Lithuanian: Tadas Daugirdas; born 1852, died 1919 in Torbino, Russia) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter, of the Łabędź coat of arms.[1]

In 1869, Tadeusz Dowgird took his early studies in Vilnius. For a short while, between 1870 and 1872, he went to live in St. Petersburg, where he continued to study, to later move to Munich for four years (between 1872 and 1876), and deepened his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts therein. In 1882, Taduesz took part in the Courland Literature and Art Society. The year 1905 marked the beginning of his political career, when he joined the Lithuanian Seimas, while being a conservator at the Kaunas City Museum. He became its director in 1909.[2]

In the years of 1910 and 1914, Taudeusz Dowgird was a major player in running the Lithuanian Art Society's exhibitions. During the First World War, he continued to guard the museum in Kaunas, while writing a detailed diary during Germany's occupation of the Baltics. Published articles in Lithuanian newspapers. In 1917, Dowgird participated in the commission that designed the Lithuanian flag, with his plans for the colour yellow to join the triband being accepted, together with its red and green colour bands. In 1919, in his final year, he became the Chairman of the State Archaeological Commission (VAK). In February of that same year, together with artists K. Simon and T. Daugirdas, he published his first collection of Lithuanian postage stamps, printed in Berlin.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Minakowski, Marek Jerzy. "dowgird h. abed". Sejm-Wielki.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Minakowski, Marek Jerzy. "Tadeusz Dowgird h. Łabędź". Sejm-Wielki.pl. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tadeusz Dowgird (1852-1919)". www.lad.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tadeusz Dowgird". Geni Family Tree. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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