Rimvidas Jankauskas-Kampas (1957–1993) was a Lithuanian painter, regarded as one of the brightest artists of his generation and a member of the group “Angis”. He graduated from the State Art Institute of Lithuania in 1987 and spent his last five years working in Kaunas in a closed synagogue, which became the subject of his most mature paintings. His works are held by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, the MO Museum and private collections.
Rimvidas Jankauskas-Kampas (1957–1993) was a Lithuanian painter, regarded as one of the brightest artists of his generation. He studied at the Kaunas Stepas Žukas School of Applied Art and graduated from the State Art Institute of Lithuania in Vilnius in 1987. He was a member of the painters’ group “Angis”. For the last five years of his life he lived and worked in Kaunas, in a closed synagogue at the foot of Žaliakalnis that served as his studio; synagogues became the subject of his most mature paintings, such as “Goodbye Synagogue” (1991) and “Abandoned Synagogue” (1993). He died in 1993 at the age of 35. His works are held by the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, the MO Museum and private collections in Lithuania and abroad.
Watch the LRT documentary about Kampas: “Remembering Rimvidas Jankauskas-Kampas” (LRT, in Lithuanian)
