Yesterday, Wednesday, Vilnius residents could unexpectedly see Dr. Model of Jonas Basanavičius sculpture. Photos from the scene quickly spread across social networks. A real sculpture of the patriarch of the nation should have sprouted in this place in autumn.
Monument to Dr. We will see Jonas Basanavičius and the square named after him already on November 23, commemorating the patriarch's birthday. The height of the sculpture is 2 m 70 cm.
"Me and now my best friend Basanavičius." - smiles the sculptor - "The biggest challenge is to create Him. Unseen. I created mine, although everyone sees and imagines it differently. I ponder what he was like when he went abroad and came back, young and mature. Handsome, active, thoughtful. I tried to concentrate all this on the figure and the portrait as much as possible. I still want to look more emotionally at the portrait, to put more spirit into it", G. Piekuras, the author of the sculpture, shared his thoughts a month ago.
Do not be surprised by the white color of the sculpture of the current intermediate model - it is only an intermediate model made of special canvas and other materials, which after three months will turn into a more solid, stronger shape, bronze-colored sculpture, which will be created using the original technique of the sculptor, which has not been used before. The bronze sculpture will be cast in September.
