Adomas Varnas

Adomas Varnas
Adomas Varnas. “Headpieces of the almanac Pirmasis baras.” 1914

Adomas Varnas (January 1, 1879 in Joniškis, Lithuania – July 19, 1979 in Chicago, United States) was a prominent Lithuanian painter, photographer, collector, philanthropist, and educator.[1]

Author of the world first album of ethnographical photography Lithuanian Crosses (Lietuvos kryžiai, 2 volumes, 1926, Kaunas) about the Lithuanian cross crafting.[2]

He was husband of the educator Marija Kuraitytė-Varnienė and helped her promote the Montessori education in Lithuania.

  1. ^ "Adomas Varnas" Archived 2020-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, on an occasion of A. Varnas 90th anniversary, Lituanus, vol. 15, no. 1, 1969
  2. ^ "An Enigma of One Portrait and One Friendship" Archived 2018-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, (in Russian)