A tomb among the trees

The technique of pastel was his favourite since it enabled him to produce airy, ephemeral forms and the impressive effects of light resulting from the various states of nature and full of a mysterious glow. He did not avoid the symbolists’ favourite theme of death, saturated with sadness, the terrifying uncertainty and the longing for the spiritual world: all this is felt in his picture, A tomb among the trees.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Text authors Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė
Expositions: “Kazimieras Stabrauskas – M. K. Čiurlionis teacher”, 24 September – 6 January 2015, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas

The technique of pastel was his favourite since it enabled him to produce airy, ephemeral forms and the impressive effects of light resulting from the various states of nature and full of a mysterious glow. He did not avoid the symbolists’ favourite theme of death, saturated with sadness, the terrifying uncertainty and the longing for the spiritual world: all this is felt in his picture, A tomb among the trees.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Text authors Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė
Expositions: “Kazimieras Stabrauskas – M. K. Čiurlionis teacher”, 24 September – 6 January 2015, National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas