Vytautas Valius - Knight of the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas V degree, painter, graphic artist, painter, member of the Lithuanian Artists' Union - was born in 1930. I1950-1956 studied graphics at the Vilnius Art Institute (now the Academy). After graduating, he worked in the fields of print, painting and book illustration, 1965-1971. taught graphics and composition at the institute. He later devoted himself solely to creative work.