Sofija Veiverytė (April 13, 1926 in Naujatriobiai, Kaunas district – July 23, 2009 in Vilnius) was an award-winning Lithuanian artist. She studied monumental painting at the Kaunas Applied and Decorative Arts Institute. From 1951 to 1985 she lectured at the Lithuanian Art Institute. Her works are monumental and expressive.

[edit] Publications

• Monographs 1976, 1968;
• Exhibition catalogues,Vilnius 1981, Bulgaria 1986;
• Book of reproductions of her paintings 1987.

[edit] Honours and awards

• People’s Artist of Lithuania,
• Honoured Art Worker 1974,
• Painter of the Nation 1976,
• Lithuania Prize 1976,
• Laureate of Baltic Countries 1981,
• Exhbn Silver Medal, Moscow 1981,
• Grand Prix for portrait, Yugoslavia Biennale 1984,
• Nation’s Friendship order 1986,
• Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 1996,
• Estonian order of the white star 2004,
• 1st prize in paintings exhbn in Lithuania 2006.