Justinas Vienožinskis. "Life Devoted to Art", 17 June - 21 August 2011
Justinas Vienožinskis. "Life Devoted to Art" (an exhibition in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Justinas Vienožinskis), 17 June–21 August, 2011, Vilnius Picture Gallery, Vilnius.
Justinas Vienožinskis is an artist, educator, critic who left a clear mark on the development of Lithuanian art. On June 17, the art exhibition "Justinas Vienožinskis. Life Dedicated to Art", which presents over 100 works by the artist. The exhibition will be opened by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Arūnas Gelūnas.
OVER 100 WORKS PRESENTED
On June 17 (Friday) at 4 p.m. At the Vilnius Picture Gallery (Didžioji St. 4), the Minister of Culture Arūnas Gelūnas will open the art exhibition "Justinas Vienožinskis. A Life Dedicated to Art". In the anniversary exhibition, visitors are presented with over 100 works of the artist – paintings and drawings from the collections of the Lithuanian Art Museum, the National M.K. Čiurlionis Museum, the Vytautas the Great War Museum, the National Museum of Lithuania, the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, from the collections of the artist's son Vincas Vienožinskis, relatives Talis Vienožinskis, Kęstutis Vienožinskis, collector Rolandas Valiūnas, as well as from collections kept by the Kaunas branch of the Bank of Lithuania. The opening will also be attended by the director of the Lithuanian Art Museum R. Budrys, the coordinator of the exhibition L. Bialopetravičienė, and the curator of the exhibition R. Rutkauskienė. Music will be provided by T. Ramančiūnas (cello) and K. Ivanauskaitė-Jucienė (piano).
CREATED THE LITHUANIAN ART SCHOOL
J. Vienožinskis was born on June 29, 1886 in the monastery of Mataučizna in a peasant family. He began to pursue art studies in Moscow, where he also attended the painting studio of the painter Juchnevičius. After graduating from the gymnasium, he returned to Dačiūnai, where the Vienožinskis family had lived since 1892. In 1908 he entered the Academy of Arts in Krakow, where he joined the national movement of the Lithuanian intelligentsia, joined the Lithuanian Art Society, and from 1912 he participated in exhibitions of Lithuanian artists' works in Vilnius, where he began to publish his first art criticism articles in the press. The artist understood that it was necessary to establish an art school that would open up opportunities for the education of professional artists in Lithuania. The drawing courses established by J. Vienožinskis were later reorganized into Kaunas Art School. After the establishment of the Lithuanian Artists' Society, J. Vienožinskis became the chairman of its Plastic Section, organized exhibitions, took care of the legacy of M. K. Čiurlionis' work, and initiated the construction of the Čiurlionis Gallery. In the post-war years, J. Vienožinskis taught at the Vilnius Academy of Arts for several years and worked at the Lithuanian Art Museum. He created a whole gallery of portraits of people from the world of culture and art, and landscape remained his favorite genre for the artist. The artist died in 1960.