Still-Life with Vases and Flowers
| Author: | Gitel Lurie (1911–1941-1944?) |
Gitel (Gita) Lurjytė (b. 1911 Biržai d. 1941/4 (?) Kaunas) grew up in an affluent family that owned land and engaged in trade. She left school in Biržai in 1928, studied art in Prague in 1930, and later attended the art studio in Riga of Professor Sergey Vinogradov (1869–1938) for three years. She painted outdoors at Latgale together with her teacher, and presented her work in a group exhibition in Riga. Among her relatives living in Riga was her cousin, the artist Esther Lurie. In 1936, Lurjytė settled in Kaunas and worked as a clerk at the Inkaras factory. She was a member of the Lithuanian Society of Women Artists, and took part in exhibitions of work by women artists in 1937 and 1940. In her paintings, she applied the principles of realistic art, paying great attention to detail and composition. She painted portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, and was fond of painting detailed interiors. The Nazis imprisoned Gitel and Esther together in the Kaunas ghetto; but only Esther survived.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
Gitel (Gita) Lurjytė (b. 1911 Biržai d. 1941/4 (?) Kaunas) grew up in an affluent family that owned land and engaged in trade. She left school in Biržai in 1928, studied art in Prague in 1930, and later attended the art studio in Riga of Professor Sergey Vinogradov (1869–1938) for three years. She painted outdoors at Latgale together with her teacher, and presented her work in a group exhibition in Riga. Among her relatives living in Riga was her cousin, the artist Esther Lurie. In 1936, Lurjytė settled in Kaunas and worked as a clerk at the Inkaras factory. She was a member of the Lithuanian Society of Women Artists, and took part in exhibitions of work by women artists in 1937 and 1940. In her paintings, she applied the principles of realistic art, paying great attention to detail and composition. She painted portraits, landscapes and still-lifes, and was fond of painting detailed interiors. The Nazis imprisoned Gitel and Esther together in the Kaunas ghetto; but only Esther survived.
Source: Ellex Valiunas (LAWIN until 2015) art album: STORIES OF LITVAK ART (2023). Compiler and author Vilma Gradinskaitė.
