Jonas Burba

Jonas Juozas Burba (February 1, 1907 – April 26, 1952) was an artist born in Skuodas, Lithuania. His notable works include Lithuanian postage stamps, the interwar design of the Order of Vytautas the Great^[1] and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.^[2] During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Burba was deported to Siberia in 1941 as part of a mass targeting of artists by the Soviets.^[3]

One of Burba's postage stamps, dedicated to EuroBasket 1939

References

1. "Order of Vytautas the Great". President of Lithuania. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
2. "Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas". President of Lithuania. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. Rosenfeld, Alla (2002). Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991. Rutgers University Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-8135-3042-0. Retrieved 8 May 2023.