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Artist
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (September 22 1875 in Old Varėna—April 10 1911 in Pustelnik (Marki) near Warsaw) was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture. The asteroid 2420 Čiurlionis is named after him. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.