Paulius Galaunė

Paulius Galaunė (January 25, 1890 in Pagelažiai near Ukmergė – October 18, 1988 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian art historian, museum curator, and graphic artist.

He was one of the first professional museum curators in Lithuania and was well-published on topics of Lithuanian folk art.

[3] As an artist, Galaunė created graphics, book covers and illustrations, headpieces, bookplates.

One of his most important academic works, Lietuvių liaudies menas (Lithuanian Folk Art), was published in 1930.

Galaunė also prepared and published albums of works of medieval paintings (1926), Lithuanian wood carvers (1927), M. K. Čiurlionis (1927), Mečislovas Bulaka (1936), Adomas Galdikas (1969).