The museum invitations you to see Europe by means of the eyes of Dobužinskis: the primary cease is Italy Tradition

On the opening night time, you may be transported to the great nation by the sounds of classical Italian music. 10 p.m. the museum areas might be full of the sound of piano (Elena Šešelgytė), violin (Dalia Šešelgienė), viola (Marija Šešelgytė) and voices (soprano Emilė Elena Dačinskaitė and tenor Dominykas Urba). We are going to welcome the brand new exhibition with music.

“Goals of distant lands have been the earliest desires of my childhood. – M. Dobužinskis wrote in his memoirs. – Possibly I ought to change into a sailor? After I acquired older, my father and I even had a severe discuss it. However my father dreamed that I’d first change into an informed particular person, a “European” as he used to say.

Picture of the Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum/Artist Mstislavas Dobužinskis. Riccardo Drigo. Ballet “Harlequinade”. State Theater, 1935. Surroundings sketch for Act I.

He visited Italy for the primary time in 1901. Later, he traveled right here greater than as soon as, capturing the cities in drawings and watercolors. His works have been exhibited at exhibitions and the Venice Biennale. Recollections regarding Italy written by M. Dobužinskis have been printed in ebook format. He even lived in Italian cities for a number of years, creating scenography for theaters in Milan and Naples. And within the Lithuanian theater, the sunny Venice and the contributors of the colourful carnival going down there have been immortalized in Riccardo Drigo’s set design of the ballet “Arlekinada” (1935).

“I do not know something extra great than the primary time, at night time, whenever you arrive in an unfamiliar metropolis, to stroll by means of empty streets, to dive into the depths of a sleeping metropolis alone, to stroll with out pondering, to find one thing sudden, to joyfully get to know long-loved unseen locations and to really feel the horror of being misplaced when it seems that you just acquired misplaced within the labyrinth of streets”, wrote M. Dobužinskis.

Mstislavas Dobužinskis (1875–1957) known as himself a touring fanatic. In childhood, the course of journey was often decided by the daddy’s service, which made it essential to continuously change the place of residence, later – research, work, creativity. And in all circumstances – a continuing need to know, observe, report, create, accumulate data and expertise.

M. Dobužinskis’ life path stretches by means of many nations and cities – he lived in St. Petersburg, Vilnius, Vitebsk, Kaunas, Paris, London and New York. Indicators of his artistic exercise might be discovered in lots of European nations: Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Belarus, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Nice Britain, and so on., in addition to in america of America and Canada.

Picture of the Lithuanian Nationwide Martynas Mažvydas Library/M. Dobužinski’s images from his travels in Italy. 1908, 1911

Impressions and pictures, remodeled in their very own approach, have been usually present in ebook illustrations and scenography works. In pursuit of the specified outcome, he didn’t tire of spending time in libraries and archives. In the hunt for the required materials, he went to different nations. Over time, M. Dobužinskis turned a superb connoisseur of historical past, structure and iconography of varied durations.

He was capable of freely interpret the collected materials and, with out copying it, he evocatively conveyed the spirit of the depicted place and period on stage. It was the theater that gave M. Dobužinski nearly limitless alternatives not solely to go to totally different nations, however, as if touring by means of time, to spend time in several eras. On this approach, the theater related the 2 passions of the artist – journey and love for the previous.

In autumn, we’ll board M. Dobužinskis’ journey practice once more and go to France, Germany, and Lithuania. In Germany, M. Dobužinskis discovered the secrets and techniques of creativity. After finishing his research, Dobuzhinsky settled in Petersburg, however visited Germany a number of occasions. Created scenography, participated in exhibitions. For his spouse, Dresden was nearly a hometown. Whereas dwelling in Munich along with his spouse, he acquired to know the town, favored its new huge streets with fountains and their lengthy views.

M. Dobužinskis was fascinated by Paris: “I’m merely fascinated by Paris, by this horrible bustle, by the intangible class in every thing, by the great views that open in entrance of you at nearly each step.” He had a dream and certainly later fulfilled it: “How I want to examine and work in Paris, breathe its air and stay within the midst of all this magnificence that I’ve come to know for the primary time.” He created scenography in theater and cinema in France, participated in exhibitions, and taught. Paris turned his everlasting resting place.

The Dobužinskii got here from the outdated Januskevicius-Dobužinskii household of Lithuanian nobles. Many relations have been educated in Vilnius and regarded it their metropolis. Mstislav was no exception. in 1924 the artist acquired Lithuanian citizenship. M. Dobužinskis lived in Kaunas for a while. He labored on the Kaunas Artwork College, created intensively on the State Theater, and had opened his personal Artwork Studio. Wrote regarding 50 articles on Lithuanian heraldry, structure, monument preservation and theater points. He labored lots within the discipline of graphics, illustrated books, created bookplates, and in addition adorned interiors.

Whereas dwelling in Lithuania, M. Dobužinskis traveled lots and recorded pictures of the nation in his drawings. “In Vilnius, every thing appeared stuffed with thriller, heroism and holiness. From the very starting and through all of the years of my life on this metropolis, it was expensive to me, as if it have been my native place and “my very own”, – M. Dobužinskis revealed in his memoirs.

Inventive group: curator Živilė Ambrasaitė-Gailiešienė, architect Ieva Šimkonytė, designer Ona Vėliūtė, technical options – Audrius Janulevičius, mission supervisor – Aušra Endriukaitienė.

Reveals for the primary a part of the exhibition have been lent by: Lithuanian Nationwide Library Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian Railway Museum, Maironis Museum of Lithuanian Literature.

On June 7, in the course of the “Night time of Tradition”, the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Lithuania will invite you to “Travels in Theater and Music”. 18:00-23:00 will probably be potential to view different museum exhibitions: “Wandering Stars: Jewish Theater in Lithuania 1910-1943”, “Portalai`2024” exhibition of ultimate works of VDA scenography bachelor college students and “Cinema theater – hiding place from life”, positioned within the courtyard of the museum.