held this position until 1939. In 1932 he was honored with a doctorate by Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. In 1939, Baltrušaitis was appointed a counselor of the Lithuanian embassy in Paris. Following the annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, his son, Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr., an art historian and art critic, served as a diplomat for the Lithuanian diplomatic service which continued to represent Lithuanian interests in some Western countries. Baltrušaitis Sr. died in Paris in January 1944; he is buried at Montrouge Cemetery. See also Three hares References In-line: General: Casimir Norkeliunas: the archival site of the works and scholarship, dedicated to Jurgis Kazimieras Baltrušaitis External links Translated poetry of Jurgis Baltrušaitis Exhibition of Jurgis Baltrusaitis' furniture at the Lithuanian Art Museum; includes biography 1873 births 1944 deaths People from Jurbarkas District Municipality People from Rossiyensky Uyezd Ambassadors of Lithuania to Russia Lithuanian art critics Lithuanian diplomats Lithuanian male poets Symbolist poets Russian male poets Lithuanian translators Translators to Russian 19th-century poets 19th-century translators 19th-century male writers 20th-century translators 20th-century Russian poets 20th-century Russian male writers Moscow State University alumni Imperial Moscow University alumni