Buračas Jonas

In 1927, he graduated from the Kaunas Art School.
1929–1930 – pursued further studies in Paris, Berlin, and Riga.
1945–1947 – taught at the Kaunas Art School
1946–1951 – taught at the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts.
Since 1936, he participated in art exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad.

He painted realistic oil and watercolor works depicting nature, architectural monuments, and towns (cycles include: “Ethnographic Monuments” 1925–1970, “Baltic Seacoast” 1926–1943, “Views of Towns and Their Surroundings” 1926–1975, “Old and Contemporary Architecture” 1927–1976, “Lithuanian Hillforts and Castles” 1930–1937, “Here Will Be the Kaunas Sea” 1954–1976), as well as self-portraits (1925–1973), and portraits (Vydūnas, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė, both 1928; Antanas Smetona, 1934; Mikas Petrauskas, 1937; Petras Rimša, 1955).

Among his earlier post-Paris works are also impressionist paintings. He created linocuts (Portraits of Lithuanian Cultural Figures cycle, 1930s–1940s). He also designed and refined Lithuanian state awards, as well as postage stamps for Independent Lithuania.