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Adolfas Valeška (15 March 1905, in Kybartai – 11 May 1994, in Kaunas, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian stained glass artist, painter, stage designer, and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in Chicago, Illinois.

Valeška graduated from the Kaunas Art School in 1928. He then began work as a church decorator, moving on to co-found a museum of religious art in Kaunas. From 1939 to 1944 he served as director of the Vilnius Art Museum. During this period his work was exhibited in a number of venues, including the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris, 1935; the International Press Exhibition at the Vatican, 1935; and the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Berlin, 1937, where he earned a medal for designing the Lithuanian Pavilion.

Anticipating the Soviet occupation of Lithuania at the end of World War II, in 1944 he emigrated first to West Germany and then to the United States, where he established a studio in Chicago. He designed and executed a number of stained glass works and mosaics, as well as acting as stage designer for the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago.

Valeska's work includes:

Mosaics and stained glass at St. Philomena's Church in Chicago
Stained glass windows at O'Hare Airport, Chicago
Stained glass windows at Congregation Rodfei Zedek in Chicago
Stained glass windows at the former Marshall Field's, Chicago
Stained glass at Holy Cross Church, Dayton, Ohio
Four oil paintings that depict scenes from Lithuanian and American history at Holy Cross Church in Chicago.
Freestanding windows, part of an ongoing exhibition at the Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Navy Pier, Chicago
Stained glass, pulpit, and paintings at St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church in Sioux City, Iowa.

After Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, he returned to the country of his birth, where he died at the age of 89 in 1994.

Sources

"Valeška". Encyclopedia Lituanica VI: 44-45. (1970–1978). Ed. Simas Sužiedėlis. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. LCCN 74-114275.

External links

Works at Navy Pier, Chicago
Works at Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Chicago
(in Lithuanian) Biography
Stage Design Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
Works by Valeska salvaged from St. Casimir Church, Sioux City, Iowa.
Adolfas Valeška: Artist and Art Conserver

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+{{Short description|Lithuanian artist (1905–1994)}}
-[[Image:Casimir Fatima Morkunas.JPG|200px|right|thumb|A painting by Adolfas Valeška of [[Our Lady of Fatima]] is seen behind the late Msgr. [[Simon Morkunas]], here shown preaching from a pulpit also designed by Valeška, in [[St. Casimir's Church]], [[Sioux City, Iowa]] ci. 1965.]]
+{{More footnotes|date=November 2021}}
-[[Image:Fatima valeska 001.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Another view of Our Lady of Fatima by Valeška, which now resides at Trinity Heights Shrine in [[Sioux City, Iowa]].]]
-'''Adolfas Valeška''' (March 15, 1905, near [[Vilkaviškis]] – May 11, 1994 in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]) was a Lithuanian [[stained glass]] artist, [[Painting|painter]], [[stage designer]], and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
+[[File:Casimir Fatima Morkunas.JPG|thumb|A painting by Adolfas Valeška of [[Our Lady of Fatima]] is seen behind the late Msgr. [[Simon Morkunas]], here shown preaching from a pulpit also designed by Valeška, in [[St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church|St. Casimir's Church]], [[Sioux City, Iowa]] circa 1965.]]
-Valeška graduated from the [[Kaunas]] Art School in 1928. He then began work as a church decorator, moving on to co-found a museum of religious art in Kaunas. From 1939 to 1944 he served as director of the [[Vilnius]] Art Museum. During this period his work was exhibited in a number of venues, including the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in [[Paris]], 1935; the International Press Exhibition at the [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]], 1935; and the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in [[Berlin]], 1937, where he earned a medal for designing the Lithuanian Pavilion.
+[[File:Fatima valeska 001.JPG|thumb|Another view of Our Lady of Fatima by Valeška, which now resides at Trinity Heights Shrine in [[Sioux City, Iowa]].]]
+'''Adolfas Valeška''' (15 March 1905, in [[Kybartai]] – 11 May 1994, in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]) was a Lithuanian [[stained glass]] artist, [[Painting|painter]], [[stage designer]], and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
+Valeška graduated from the [[Kaunas Art School]] in 1928. He then began work as a church decorator, moving on to co-found a museum of religious art in Kaunas. From 1939 to 1944 he served as director of the [[Vilnius]] Art Museum. During this period his work was exhibited in a number of venues, including the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in [[Paris]], 1935; the International Press Exhibition at the [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]], 1935; and the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in [[Berlin]], 1937, where he earned a medal for designing the Lithuanian Pavilion.
-Anticipating the [[Soviet]] occupation of Lithuania at the end of [[World War II]], in 1944 he emigrated first to [[West Germany]] and then to the United States, where he established a studio in Chicago. He designed and executed a number of stained glass works and [[mosaic]]s, as well as acting as stage designer for the [[Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago]].
+Anticipating the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation of Lithuania at the end of [[World War II]], in 1944 he emigrated first to [[West Germany]] and then to the United States, where he established a studio in Chicago. He designed and executed a number of stained glass works and [[mosaic]]s, as well as acting as stage designer for the [[Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago]].
 Valeska's work includes:
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 * Mosaics and stained glass at St. Philomena's Church in [[Chicago]]
 * Stained glass windows at [[O'Hare Airport]], [[Chicago]]
-* Stained glass windows at [[Temple Rodfei Zedek]] in [[Chicago]]
+* Stained glass windows at [https://rodfei.org/Valeska_Windows Congregation Rodfei Zedek] in [[Chicago]]
 * Stained glass windows at the former [[Marshall Field's]], [[Chicago]]
 * Stained glass at Holy Cross Church, [[Dayton, Ohio]]
-* Four [[oil painting]]s that depict scenes from [[History of Lithuania|Lithuanian]] and [[American history]] at [[Holy Cross in Chicago|Holy Cross]] Church in [[Chicago]].
+* Four [[oil painting]]s that depict scenes from [[History of Lithuania|Lithuanian]] and [[American history]] at [[Holy Cross Church (Chicago)|Holy Cross]] Church in [[Chicago]].
 * Freestanding windows, part of an ongoing exhibition at the [[Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows|Smith Museum of Stained Glass]], [[Navy Pier]], [[Chicago]]
 * Stained glass, [[pulpit]], and paintings at [[St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church]] in [[Sioux City, Iowa]].
-After [[Lithuania]] regained its independence in 1990, he returned back to the country of his birth, where he died at the age of 89 in 1994.
+After [[Lithuania]] regained its independence in 1990, he returned to the country of his birth, where he died at the age of 89 in 1994.
 ==Sources==
+* "Valeška". Encyclopedia Lituanica VI: 44-45. (1970–1978). Ed. Simas Sužiedėlis. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. LCCN 74-114275.
-"Valeška". Encyclopedia Lituanica VI: 44-45. (1970-1978). Ed. Simas Sužiedėlis. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. LCC 74-114275.
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.navypier.com/pdf/Smith_Museum_Timeline.pdf Works at Navy Pier, Chicago]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061114020617/http://www.navypier.com/pdf/Smith_Museum_Timeline.pdf Works at Navy Pier, Chicago]
-* [http://uscj.org/midwest/chicagorz/windows.html Works at Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Chicago]
+* [http://www.rodfei.org/Valeska_Windows Works at Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Chicago]
-* {{lt icon}} [http://www.ldm.lt/Muziejusirpadaliniai/Valeska.htm Biography]
+* {{in lang|lt}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070118181019/http://www.ldm.lt/Muziejusirpadaliniai/Valeska.htm Biography]
-* [http://www.lituanus.org/1996/96_4_01.htm Stage Design]
+* [http://www.lituanus.org/1996/96_4_01.htm Stage Design] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311010256/http://www.lituanus.org/1996/96_4_01.htm |date=2007-03-11 }}
 * [http://www.rollerauction.net/cgi-bin/mnarclist.cgi?roller/20060603/category/PAINTINGS Works by Valeska salvaged from St. Casimir Church, Sioux City, Iowa.]
 *[http://test.svs.lt/?Daile;Number(44);Article(656); Adolfas Valeška: Artist and Art Conserver]
+{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:Stained glass artists and manufacturers]]
+[[Category:People from Kybartai]]
-[[Category:Lithuanian-Americans]]
+[[Category:People from Suwałki Governorate]]
+[[Category:Lithuanian stained glass artists and manufacturers]]
+[[Category:American people of Lithuanian descent]]
 [[Category:Lithuanian artists]]
+[[Category:Directors of museums in Lithuania]]

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