Romas Viesulas

Romas Viesulas (September 11, 1918 - November 6, 1986) was an internationally recognized printmaker and designer. He was a faculty member of Temple University's Tyler School of Art from 1960 until the time of his death.

In the final days of World War II, he fled to Germany from Lithuania, which was about to be overrun by the Soviets. After spending three years in Bavarian refugee camps, he enrolled in an art school. He received multiple scholarships, and arrived in the United States in 1951.

He received many awards and honors for his prints, including a Guggenheim fellowship in 1958, 1964, and 1969, Temple University's Creativity Award in 1981, and a Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1984.

The year before his death, his design was selected by the Vatican for a stamp commemorating the fifth centenary of the death of Saint Casimir, patron saint of Lithuania.

His work has been displayed in major galleries and museums spanning many countries.

• Obituary: "Romas Viesulas, 67, a recognized figure in the world of art, died Thursday after suffering a heart attack in Rome..." (published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1986).
• United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ7-13FS : 10 February 2023), Romualdas Veselauskas.
• Estate of Romas Viesulas website - includes biography, virtual gallery, list of permanent collections, etc. (link accessed December 15, 2024).
• Romas Viesulas biography by Artura.org (link accessed December 15, 2024).
• Romas Viesulas biography by Annex Galleries (link accessed December 15, 2024).