Woman鈥檚 Image in Graphic Art of Kaunas Art School
The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Kaunas Art School. On this occasion, the M. K. 膶iurlionis National Museum of Art presents the exhibition 鈥淲oman鈥檚 Image in Graphic Art of Kaunas Art School鈥�.
The exhibition features over a hundred of works by the school teachers and students of the interwar period, which reflect the artistic treatment of a woman in their drawings, etchings, and illustrations. Almost all outstanding Lithuanian artists did favour the image of a woman in their creation. The examples selected for this exhibition reflect different from the artistic point of view treatment and reveal general tendencies in conveying the attitude towards women in inter-war Lithuania, the ability to capture a woman鈥檚 being through unique graphic means.
After reviewing the artistic legacy of that time, it became evident that the image of a woman in graphic art usually disclosed the established outlook as regards gender roles 鈥� that of a mother, a lover, a wife, a woman working in the countryside or engaged in everyday activities. Additionally, the sacred portrait of a woman, exotic image or a heroine of a fairy-tale were popular, as well. These images manifest themselves in figurative compositions, portraits, pictures of the nudes. A modern depiction of women was more often conveyed through the stylistic interpretations of modernist movements in art.
The exhibition features the works by the most renowed representatives of Lithuanian classical art 鈥� Adomas Galdikas, Kajetonas Skl臈rius, Vladas Did啪iokas, Marc臈 Katili奴t臈, Domicel臈 Tarabildait臈-Tarabildien臈, Vanda Pazukait臈, Liuda Vaineikyt臈, Paulius Augius-础耻驳耻蝉迟颈苍补惫颈膷颈耻蝉, Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas, Vytautas Jurk奴nas, Jonas Kuzminskis, Viktoras Petravi膷ius, Antanas Gudaitis, Juozas Mik臈nas, Telesforas Kulakauskas, Liudvikas Strolis, Jonas Steponavi膷ius, Telesforas Valius and others.
In the main, the exhibition is comprised of the artworks accessed in the graphic art collection of M. K. 膶iurlionis National Museum of Art. Alongside, the exhibits from the Lithuanian National Museum of Art are a significant supplement.
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The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Kaunas Art School. On this occasion, the M. K. 膶iurlionis National Museum of Art presents the exhibition 鈥淲oman鈥檚 Image in Graphic Art of Kaunas Art School鈥�.
The exhibition features over a hundred of works by the school teachers and students of the interwar period, which reflect the artistic treatment of a woman in their drawings, etchings, and illustrations. Almost all outstanding Lithuanian artists did favour the image of a woman in their creation. The examples selected for this exhibition reflect different from the artistic point of view treatment and reveal general tendencies in conveying the attitude towards women in inter-war Lithuania, the ability to capture a woman鈥檚 being through unique graphic means.
After reviewing the artistic legacy of that time, it became evident that the image of a woman in graphic art usually disclosed the established outlook as regards gender roles 鈥� that of a mother, a lover, a wife, a woman working in the countryside or engaged in everyday activities. Additionally, the sacred portrait of a woman, exotic image or a heroine of a fairy-tale were popular, as well. These images manifest themselves in figurative compositions, portraits, pictures of the nudes. A modern depiction of women was more often conveyed through the stylistic interpretations of modernist movements in art.
The exhibition features the works by the most renowed representatives of Lithuanian classical art 鈥� Adomas Galdikas, Kajetonas Skl臈rius, Vladas Did啪iokas, Marc臈 Katili奴t臈, Domicel臈 Tarabildait臈-Tarabildien臈, Vanda Pazukait臈, Liuda Vaineikyt臈, Paulius Augius-础耻驳耻蝉迟颈苍补惫颈膷颈耻蝉, Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas, Vytautas Jurk奴nas, Jonas Kuzminskis, Viktoras Petravi膷ius, Antanas Gudaitis, Juozas Mik臈nas, Telesforas Kulakauskas, Liudvikas Strolis, Jonas Steponavi膷ius, Telesforas Valius and others.
In the main, the exhibition is comprised of the artworks accessed in the graphic art collection of M. K. 膶iurlionis National Museum of Art. Alongside, the exhibits from the Lithuanian National Museum of Art are a significant supplement.
Artists on show
- Adomas Galdikas
- Antanas Gudaitis
- Domicel臈 Tarabildait臈-Tarabildien臈
- Jonas Kuzminskis
- Jonas Steponavi膷ius
- Juozas Mik臈nas
- Kajetonas Skl臈rius
- Liuda Vaineikyt臈
- Liudvikas Strolis
- Marce Katiliute
- Paulius Augius-Augustinavi膷ius
- Telesforas Kulakauskas
- Telesforas Valius
- Vanda Pazukait臈
- Viktoras A. Petravicius
- Vladas Didziokas
- Vytautas Jurk奴nas
- Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas
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