Sofija Veiveryte (1926 - 2009)

Sofija Veiveryte

Sofija Veiveryte (Russian: София Мотиевна Вейверите) was a Lithuanian and Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. She is known as a painter, graphic artist, master of frescoes, and teacher.

Sofija Veiveryte created works characterized by monumentality, expressiveness, ability to work with tones and halftones. Her portraits show the influence of the old Renaissance and Baroque masters. Her works are kept in various museums, including the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the Sofia National Gallery (Bulgaria) and the Lithuanian Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema, as well as in private collections.