Stasys EIDRIGEVICIUS, "The Postman," 1998

etching, aquatint, 10/60, author's print, 30.2 x 20.8 cm, signed on p.d.: 1998 Stasys; signed on l.d.: 10/60 Postman EdA. The presented print was obtained by the owner directly from Stasys Eidrigevicius.

He was born in Medinskaiai, Lithuania. He graduated from the Vilnius Institute of Fine Arts in 1973 and has lived in Poland since 1980. A painter, printmaker and illustrator, he often uses the "dry pastel" technique. He has drawn for, among others, "Polityka", "Literatura", "New York Times", created posters, illustrations for books (especially children's fairy tales), ex-librises, set designs, installations and spatial compositions, masks, paratheatrical actions. Incredibly popular, he has gained recognition from professionals, and the public. He translated his childhood experiences from a Lithuanian village into the language of universal symbols and metaphors, and created his own style. He depicts a fairy-tale, mysterious world populated by button-eyed humanoids. His figurative art is characterized by an atmosphere of surrealism with touches of irony and the grotesque. He uses various techniques: gouache, oil, pastels, and employs a variety of graphic techniques.