Petronėlė Gerlikienė, née Kromelyte, was a Lithuanian painter and textile folk artist. She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retiring, she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family.
Artists born in the 1900s 6
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Petronėlė Gerlikienė, née Kromelyte, was a Lithuanian painter and textile folk artist. She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retiring, she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family. Gerlikiene began creating large-scale tapestries in 1972, paintings in 1976 and began participating in exhibitions in 1974. Petronele Gerlikiene's art has won recognition and numerous prizes in Lithuania and abroad.
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1979 · aged 73
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