Exhibition “Unfamiliar Čiurlionis. The Vilnius Society of Art II”
07 09 – 30 11 2023
Opening 6 pm, September 7, 2023

The second part of the exhibition “Unfamiliar Čiurlionis. The Vilnius Society of Art II” is dedicated to the creative work of the members of the Society. The Society, which united artists of different ethnicities, held annual spring exhibitions in Vilnius from 1909 to 1915, which turned into an important cultural event. They were attended by Vilnius residents and guests from other cities.

Few artworks have survived, but the artworks on display in the exhibition from the Lithuanian National Museum of Art and the Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis National Museum of Art give an idea of those exhibitions. The photographer Stanisław Filibert Fleury showed motifs of Vilnius Old Town. Landscapes dominated, the local landscape, and country houses were depicted by Józef Bałzukiewicz, his sister Łucja Bałzukiewicz, and Bolesław Buyko, while the head of the Vilnius Art Society, Ivan Rybakov, painted the romantic Mickūnai Manor House, which was a favorite of Juliusz Słowacki. The audience admired Jalmar Hanson's stormy views of the Black Sea, while Antanas Žmuidzinavičius showed impressionistic studies of the Atlantic coast brought back from his trip to the Azores. There were a number of portraits, such as a salon picture of a lady by the Warsaw painter Józef Puacz, or a girl in Renaissance dress by Kazimierz Mirecki. Symbolist works were shown by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Polish artists Zofia Plewińska and Bronisław Bartel, and Art Nouveau metal inlays were presented by Petras Rimša. Alongside realistic artworks, the spring exhibitions brought the search for new, modern art to Vilnius in the early 20th century.

Exhibition team:
Curator Laima Laučkaitė
Design Akvilė Aglickaitė
Consultant Žygimantas Augustinas
Coordinator Milda Pleitaitė

Organiser: M. K. Čiurlionis House
Partners: The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
Media sponsor: Vilnius: 700 Years Young

OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday to Friday: from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Saturday: from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday and Sunday: CLOSED.

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