Mikalojus Konstantin Ciurlionis (1873-1911) was a polymath, being a composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure & writer in Polish. In his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music & about 300 paintings in the symbolic & art noveau tradition. He also produced many literary works & poems.
He received a lot of posthumous recognition.
1944 State Museum of Art in Lithuania was
set up housing his paintings.
1957 Lithuanian community in Chicago
opened Ciurlionis Art Gallery.
1964 Lithuanian alpinists climbed peaks of
Pamir mountains in Tajikistan & named
the first one after him.
1968 Ciurlionis Quartet was formed.
1975 Crimean astrophysicist Chernykh
discovered a new asteroid & named
it after Ciurlionis.
Two of his symphonic poems, "The Forest" & "The Sea" have been recorded & issued by the Russian label "Melodiya"
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