Erikas Varnas (1924 – 2011) was a Ukraine born Lithuanian artist; a sculptor, medalist, portraitist, who devoted his whole life to the idea of peace, to conveying pacifist views in sheets of paper, canvas, bronze, marble, granite.
Inculcating the ideas of peace, the artist communicated by letters and met the like-minded world-renowned Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet, later created his portrait and medal, which now belong to the collections of the Lithuanian Art Museum.
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