Antanas Andrijauskas (b. 1948) - Doctor of Philosophy, full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (since 2011), he researches the history of philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of art, and the works of M. K. Čiurlionis.

In 1973, he graduated from Lomonosov University in Moscow with a degree in philosophy, in 1978 he defended his doctorate in philosophy, and in 1990 - his habilitated doctorate. As a visiting professor, he has lectured at various universities in Lithuania, France, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Poland, Russia and other countries. Since 1993 he has been the head of the Orientalist and Comparative Studies Group at the Culture, philosophy and art institute, which in 1996 became the Comparative Cultural Studies, Aesthetics and Art Theory Department, since 2002 he has been the head of the Comparative Cultural Studies Department at the Culture, philosophy and art institute, since 2011 the Comparative Cultural Studies Department of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute.

A. Andrijauskas considers M. K. Čiurlionis to be an inseparable part of Lithuanian national mythology, and every year he organises the "Sonata Soundscapes of M. K. Čiurlionis" conference in Druskininkai, which encourages research into the artist's works.

He has written books related to research on Čiurlionis:

Reflections of Theosophical Ideas of Philosophy of Art in the Paintings of Stabrauskas and Čiurlionis (2021)
Metamorphoses of Čiurlionis Orientalism (2022)

Antanas Andrijauskas

Antanas Andrijauskas

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