Ceramicist, Eleonora Marčiulionis
Eleonora Lukštytė was born in Tauragnai in the region of Utena on 12 April 1912. She graduated from the Kaunas School of Art in 1937. To further enhance her skills, Eleonora attended the School of Ceramics in Bechynė in the Czech Republic. Returning to Lithuania in 1938, she was appointed ceramics instructor at the Kaunas School of Fine Crafts until 1944. She married Aleksander Marčiulionis, a fellow lecturer at the school of art and sculptor. They had a daughter, Daiva born in 1942, and a son Ramunas in 1944, both born in Lithuania. The family left Lithuania in 1944, making their way to Germany. From 1946 to 1949 Eleonora worked as a lecturer at the l’Ecole des Arts et Metieres at Freiburg-im-Breisgau (School of Art), along with other artists that fled Lithuania. During this time, she was commissioned by Lithuanians to create a vase for the British Royal family. The family migrated to Australia arriving in Melbourne o...