House of artist Antanas Žmuidzinavičius

Žmuidzinavičius Antanas (1876–1966) was an artist (painter), professor (1947), and social activist. The artist participated in selecting the colors of the Lithuanian flag (1917–1918). In addition to landscapes, he created thematic compositions, painted portraits, did watercolors, illustrated books, drew posters, designed postage stamps and Lithuanian banknotes, and wrote a book of memoirs, Paletė ir gyvenimas (Palette and Life, 1961). The artist had a summer house on J. Basanavičiaus Street in Palanga, where he spent his holidays and worked from 1949 to 1966. The artist immortalized the resort in his paintings: Palanga. Seaside Dunes (1921), Ronžės Bridge (1931), “Palanga Dunes in the Evening” (1936), “Pasture by the Ronžė River” (1937), “Old Pine Trees on Birutė Hill” (1942), “Palanga Dunes” (1943), “Vilutė in Palanga” (1949), “Palanga. Bridge over the Ronžė River (1950), Palanga Seaside (1951), and others. A. Žmuidzinavičius’ house in Palanga is included in the Register of Cultural Values of the Republic of Lithuania and is protected by the state. The house of artists Bronė Mingilaitė-Uogintienė and Bronius Uogintas