31 Jan 2016

Day 16. VILNIUS PICTURE GALLERY and the exhibtion "Forever young!" Poland and its art around 1900

Vilnius Picture Gallery is a branch, o rather a part situated in a different building, of the Lithuanian Art Museum.

The Vilnius Picture Gallery is housed in the Chodkevičius Palace, which was started in the early 17th century, and was last reconstructed in in the middle of the 19th century. The interior has preserved late Calssicism stucco and polychrome decorations.


Impressivive interior of the Chodkevičius Palace

The Gallery features Lithuanian painting, prints, sculpture and small size sculpture of the period from the 16th to the 19th century. Also, it hosts temporary exhibitions and concerts.  ( info from the ticket)



One of the permanent exhibitions - paitings of Juozapas Kamarauskas


 by Juozapas Kamarauskas (painted in 1894)

PS. the original Palace was destroed in 1801 and offially rebuild (opened) in 2009.



Oldie Vilnius :)  Vilnius University Botanical Garden 1830
by Karolis Racinskis


View of Vilnius from Tivoli Park in Antakalnis. 1830.
by Karolis Racinskis 


Temporary exhibition: Forever young! Poland and its ar around

Forever young! Poland and its art around 1900 is a travelling exhibition which stays still popular. 


It consists of works of such artists as Stanislaw Wyspianski, Jacek Malczewski, etc.
I have seen a painting of Stanoslaw Wyspianski for the first time in my life!


Planty Park at dawn (1894) by Stanisław Wyspiański (!!!)



A funeral, 1904 by Stanisław Kuczborski

The exhibition stays in Vilnius till 31 January, 201h5. Exhibition coordinators: Maria Grywacz, Mindaugas Šapoka. Exhibition curators: Krystyna Kulig-Janczarek, Dalia Tarandaitė.
Admission - 1,80 EUR adults.


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