Born in Lithuania, Vincas Jomantas (1922) arrived in Australia in 1949. He had studied in Lithuania with his father, at the School of Fine Arts in Vilnius and in Munich. He was an abstract sculptor working with wood and metal, and held his first exhibition in 1957. In the 1950s and 1960s he received numerous commissions. Retropsective exhibitions of his work were held at the McClelland Gallery outside Melbourne in 1990 and 2003.
As an artist who settled in Australia after the Second World War, Vincas Jomantas created a body of over 100 works that directly engaged with both the twentieth century movement towards abstraction and the modernist art environment of Melbourne.
He was a founding member of the Centre Five group that helped to nurture and advance appreciation in the community for the new forms of sculpture. At the same time his works articulated a personal symbolic sculptural language that acknowledged his European cultural heritage and in particular the mythology of his native Lithuania.
Recognised for his originality, innovation and the meticulous professionalism of his craftsmanship, Jomantas worked with a variety of traditional and contemporary materials, ranging from bronze to polyester resins; however, his preferred medium was wood. He eschewed the preference for welded sheet metal that was the metier of choice for the period, in favour of wood that gave him creative freedom to endow his sculptures with seductive surfaces and intricate designs.
Vincas Jomantas’ oeuvre is a unique personal statement that was informed by contemporary international art while retaining a deeply personal iconography that has universal applicability.
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| Vincas Jomantas |
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| Figure, circa 1951-59 |
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| Blue bird, circa 1957 |
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| Sculpture in copper, circa 1959 |
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| Birth of Venus, circa 1959 |
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| Study for The Birth of Venus, circa 1959 |
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| The Mediators, circa 1962–63 |
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| Study related to the sculpture "Guardant", circa 1963 |
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| The Guardian, circa 1963 |
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| Birds of Death, circa 1964-65 |
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| Birds of Death, circa 1964-65 |
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| Sculpture in wood, circa 1964-65 |
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| Girl with Birds, 1958 |
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| SIideboard, circa 1970s |
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| Sculptural Relief, circa 1970s |
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| Landing Object, circa 1971 |
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| The King, circa 1975 |
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| The towersHE, circa 1975 |
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| Gathering of souls, circa 1976 |
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| Guardian II, circa 1979 |
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| Procession, circa 1981 |
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| Supplicant, circa 1986 |
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| Table lamp, circa 1998 |
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| Table lamp, circa 1998 |
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| Table lamp, circa 1998 |
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| Beacon III |
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| Construction |
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| Tower II |
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