Vincas Kudirka, (sculpture).

Vincas Kudirka, (sculpture).

Zikaras, Jonas, sculptor. (copy after)

Vincas Kudirka, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 21, 1938.

Bust: fiberglass; Base: stone.

Bust: approx. 40 x 26 x 14 in.; Base: approx. 68 x 28 x 28 in.

(On front of bust, below chest:) VINCAS/KUDIRKA

A bust of Vincas Kudirka wearing a beard and mustache. His full head of thick hair is swept back off his forehead and temples. He is dressed in a jacket with several buttons. The bust is mounted atop a circular base with a square bottom.

Portrait male -- Kudirka, Vincas -- Bust

Occupation -- Writer -- Poet

Occupation -- Writer -- Author

Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer

Ethnic -- Lithuanian

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland

Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property, 500 Lakeside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Located Rockefeller Park, Lithuanian Cultural Garden, East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio

This bust of Vincas Kudirka (1859-1899), Lithuanian poet, author, and composer of the Lithuanian national anthem, is a fiberglass copy of the original bronze bust by Jonas Zikaras that was installed in the garden by the Dr. Vincas Kudirka Society of Cleveland. At some point, the original bronze bust was relocated to the garden of the Museum of Kamas in Lithuania and was replaced by this fiberglass copy. The original design for the Lithuanian Cultural Garden was drawn up in Lithuania by Professor Dubinecras, and was modified by the City Plan Commission of Cleveland. Works Progress Administration funds of $27,000 paid for the construction of the Lithuanian Cultural Garden, which was dedicated on October 11, 1936. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Clara Leder's "Their Paths Are Peace," Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation, 1954, pg. 79-81, which contains an image of the original bronze bust.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.

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