Petronėlė Gerlikienė, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Petronėlė Gerlikienė

Lithuanian artist

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1905

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1979

Profession: weaver, painter, textile artist

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Petronele Gerlikiene, née Kromelyte (June 19, 1905, Chicago, United States – March 14, 1979, Vilnius, Lithuania), was a Lithuanian painter and textile folk artist.
She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retiring, she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family.
Gerlikiene began creating large-scale tapestries in 1972, paintings in 1976 and began participating in exhibitions in 1974.
Petronele Gerlikiene's art has won recognition and numerous prizes in Lithuania and abroad.