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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVladislavas Rimantas Dichavi\u010dius was born on March 1, 1937, in the village of Grimzeliai in the Kelm\u0117 district, to a farming family. At the age of 8, the future artist was deported to Siberia near the Urals in the Perm region along with his parents and grandfather. On the way to exile, his mother passed away, followed later by his grandfather and father. Rimantas was left alone and ended up in an orphanage.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rimantas at his childhood home in the village of Grimzeliai, which he visited for the first time after returning from exile. 1969.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rimantas near Raseiniai.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Photography was called a passion by R. Dichavi\u010dius\u2014it\u2019s something you see and want to show others. Thanks to his meticulous and persistent work, we can now see not only images of old Vilnius in his captured frames. The first significant cycles in his creative biography appeared\u2014photography exhibitions LITHUANIAN ETHNOGRAPHY (1969) and IN THE WORLD OF FORMS (1970).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Since 1978, the artist chose the path of a free creator, working in the fields of artistic photography, painting, book illustration, advertising, design, and publishing.<\/p>

His nude photography album BLOSSOMS AMONG BLOSSOMS (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) sparked various reactions and immense public interest not only in Lithuania but throughout the entire Soviet Union, Germany, France, and beyond. It was an unexpected sign\u2014the taboo of the naked female body, seen as something shameful and unacceptable for a Soviet citizen, was broken for the first time not only in photographic art. The BLOSSOMS AMONG BLOSSOMS photo album in black-and-white photography exalts youth, its beauty, transience, and fragility. Art and artistic creation are always delicate processes. In the genre of the nude (Niu), it is especially sensitive and delicate\u2014subject to both written and unwritten laws of morality and aesthetics. In this subtle genre, R. Dichavi\u010dius’ works met all the highest criteria. His exhibition BLOSSOMS AMONG BLOSSOMS toured the entire former Soviet Union and many European countries, as well as the United States\u2014Chicago and Los Angeles. His photo album with the same title was reprinted four times and was acquired by many countries, including China.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The artist continues to work intensively, with photo albums-calendars TALENT AND HEART M. K. \u010cIURLIONIS AND TODAY (1997\u20132003) appearing in the public space. These are large-format and high-quality publications featuring the most renowned Lithuanian artists from various professions. The author honored and showcased the work of more than a hundred artists. In our artistic life, the monographs on the works of artists have become very significant: \u0160AR\u016aNAS SAUKA (2001), ANTANAS KMIELIAUSKAS \u2013 painting, graphics, sculpture, fresco (2001, 2003), which were highly praised at the international Frankfurt Book Fair.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2012, bookstores saw the release of a fundamental work prepared and published by R. Dichavi\u010dius\u2014a collection of art albums titled MARKED BY FREEDOM. Artists for the Restored State of Lithuania (first volume). The second volume followed in 2013, and the third in 2016. These large-format, high-quality publications, each with 400 pages and around 5000 illustrations, tell the story of the artists in our country who created the symbols of the newly restored Lithuanian statehood: heraldry, currency banknotes and coins, stamps, insignia for the military, police, customs, border services, and other agencies, uniforms, state awards, monuments, mayoral regalia, and liturgical items.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Three albums dedicated to the works of Lithuanian artists that marked the days of our nation’s S\u0105j\u016bdis movement, the restoration of the State, and its establishment in the world arena.
214 authors, 1240 pages, over 5000 works from all art genres. Published between 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The artist has illustrated and designed over 300 various publications, including more than 30 albums. Rimantas Dichavi\u010dius’ works include: LITHUANIAN HISTORY IN THE PAINTINGS OF GIEDRIUS KAZIMIER\u0116NAS; \u017dALGIRIS (G. KAZIMIER\u0116NAS), HELL SONGS (G. KAZIMIER\u0116NAS), Gytis Vaitk\u016bnas HISTORY OF LITHUANIAN AESTHETICS; the album of graphic works by Belarusian artist J. Jakovenko LINEA MAGICA; Juozas Bertulis CHURCH MUSIC \u2013 the creative legacy of an \u00e9migr\u00e9 composer; BALTIC AMBER \u2013 album-calendar; LIGHT OF FREEDOM \u2013 a photo album dedicated to the 15-year activity of the Lithuanian Political Prisoners and Deportees Association (2012), his brother Jonas Dikavi\u010dius’ memoir AFTER A RESTLESS NIGHT (2022), THE HISTORY OF THE DICHAVI\u010cIUS, GRUZD\u017dIAI, SEMENAVI\u010cIUS FAMILIES (2023).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For his high artistic standards, professionalism, and active public engagement, V. R. Dichavi\u010dius was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2007), the Estonian Order of the White Star (2004), the highest award from the Lithuanian Political Prisoners and Deportees Association\u2014the Star of Hope (2012), and the Zigmas \u017demaitis Medal from the Lithuanian Mathematical Society (2009).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt can be firmly said that the essence of R. Dichavi\u010dius’s work is aesthetics and harmony. He is a person with a sensitive soul, who does not hide his emotion when holding photographs in his hands, gifted by Gintautas Alekna, a participant in expeditions to exile sites, depicting the grave of his relatives in Siberia. “This is yet another miracle, an invaluable gift. You could write a novel about it. Taiga… taiga… Everyone died… I survived by a miracle…” In the old Tuka\u010diov cemetery, there are still a few Lithuanian graves. In the middle of the cemetery stands a monument erected by Rimantas Dichavi\u010dius, dedicated to his parents and grandparents. The motif of transience, fragility, and impermanence is reflected in the artist’s works, a theme undoubtedly formed during his exile, where he repeatedly battled with death. Just as the historically significant memories of exiles and GULAG prisoners have been recorded, and monuments erected, Rimantas Dichavi\u010dius’s work vividly complements the signs of our times.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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