for it. In seven intensely creative years, Petronele has created 11 large-scale tapestries and more than 60 paintings. Prizes and awards 1977 Winner of the 1st prize for paintings and textile artwork, A National Exhibition of Folk Art, Vilnius Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania. 1977 Winner of the 2nd prize, An Exhibition of Folk Painters and Craftsmen of the Soviet Union, Moscow. Most Famous Artwork Picking Cherries, 1977 A Difficult Year, 1977 A Mother, 1978 Tapestry The Song Festival, 1976 Tapestry Sweep the Yard on a Saturday..., 1976 Tapestry A Red Tree, 1977 The Sorrowful One, 1978 Sources and publications "Petronele Gerlikiene". LTS, 2005. Compilers: Jurgita Gerlikaite and Darijus Gerlikas. Text: Jurgita Gerlikaite. Biography, album; hardcover, bilingual (Lithuanian, English) Gerlikiene, P., // World Encyclopedia of Naive Art, 1985, p. 267, 289. P. Gerlikiene's artwork in Museum Collections Modern Art Center (MAC) M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art Lithuanian Art Museum References 1905 births 1979 deaths Textile artists Lithuanian painters Artists from Vilnius Women textile artists