Jurgis Baltrušaitis
Jurgis Baltrušaitis | |
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Baltrušaitis c. 1914 | |
| Born | 20 April 1873 Paantvardys village near Jurbarkas, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 January 1944 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Diplomat, poet |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1898) |
| Genre | Symbolism |
Jurgis Baltrušaitis (2 May 1873 – 3 January 1944) was a Lithuanian Symbolist poet and translator who wrote in Lithuanian and Russian, and was an exponent of iconology. He was the father of art historian and critic Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr.