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Scarce and collectible oil on board by Jadvyga Paukstiene (1913-2005) titled Motinystcin (Maternity) featuring Mother and Child painted on board and mounted on wood signed bottom right, and signed and dated on back 1980. Board measures 8 1/8″ high x 6″ wide, wood ‘framing’ mount measures 10″ high x 7 1/4″ wide x 1″ deep and is in overall Excellent condition, note a small area of loss on edge where a metal pin may have originally been to secure the piece to board as shown, otherwise little wear, please see all photos. A well listed Lithuanian artist JADVYGA DOBKEVICIUTE PAUKSTIENE (1913-2005). Paukstiene’s works are auctioned in Lithuania, where she is considered a major national artist. Born in Latvia, she was educated at the Kaunas School of Art in Lithuania, studying under Petras Kalpokas in 1938. After that she studied in Paris at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, winning a gold medal in 1937. During the difficult war year of 1942, she participated in a significant exhibition, and in 1944 moved to Germany. After the war she appeared in Chicago, where she became a member of the Lithuanian Artists Union. In the latter part of her life in the USA she was a respected teacher.HER BIOGRAPHY FROM A TRANSLATED LITHUANIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET: Jadvyga Paukštienė, who is a legend among our artists, with many international prizes and awards, calls herself an expressionist painter in the sense that she creates her images impulsively. The images are first acquired in the shape of an idea which suddenly appears in her consciousness; she then works feverishly until the «idea» is embodied in a painting with visual and thematic content. Subjects that keep recurring are family life, especially children and their mothers, nature and its flowers, the nude (which for her is an object composed entirely of colors: «The human body is nothing but colors»), and still life. The main, underlying idea for all this is Man, the rest is background.» Color is her medium, which in her oils reaches the effect of three-dimensionality with a surface A fine addition to any home or collection! Shipping is FREE in the Continental USA. Please email for an international shipping quote. All items come from a smoke free home. Items are usually shipped within 24 hours of receiving payment. Email us your questions and check out our fully stocked eBay Store! Please contact us if you have any questions at all. We are here to help you with your purchase decisions. Please view the total listing as there are more pictures at the bottom of the listing. Shipping Cost, if quoted in the listing, is an estimate and is based upon us using the least expensive way of shipping to you if your address is a street address in the Continental United States Only (48 States), all others (i.e., foreign country, Alaska, and Hawaii residents), please contact us prior to purchase for a shipping quote. Thank you