Afternoon tea

Vilnius in the Year of War 1916’.

Buhe made a drawing of the interior of Sztrall’s Coffee House (at 2 Didžioji St, now 26 Pilies St). Army officers, nurses and wealthy customers sit at tables, reading newspapers and conversing. Before the First World War, Sztrall’s Coffee House was famous for its pastries and confectionery, but during the war the ingredients for baking pastries were not available. The Germans noticed that people in Vilnius preferred tea to coffee. Sztrall’s Coffee House was particularly favoured by the more refined army officers, for it put on music in the afternoons. A poster on the wall warns against the danger of spies: during the First World War, the authorities were obsessed about the threat of spying.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA II (2015). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: "Sheets and Splashes. Leisure in 20th and 21st century Lithuanian art", 14 July – 2 October 2022, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius. Curators of the exhibition: Goda Aksamitauskaitė, Eglė Juocevičiūtė, Austėja Tavoraitė. ‘Vilnius Forever. A Dialogue of Artworks and Guides to the City’, 25 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Laima Laučkaitė.

Vilnius in the Year of War 1916’.

Buhe made a drawing of the interior of Sztrall’s Coffee House (at 2 Didžioji St, now 26 Pilies St). Army officers, nurses and wealthy customers sit at tables, reading newspapers and conversing. Before the First World War, Sztrall’s Coffee House was famous for its pastries and confectionery, but during the war the ingredients for baking pastries were not available. The Germans noticed that people in Vilnius preferred tea to coffee. Sztrall’s Coffee House was particularly favoured by the more refined army officers, for it put on music in the afternoons. A poster on the wall warns against the danger of spies: during the First World War, the authorities were obsessed about the threat of spying.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA II (2015). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: "Sheets and Splashes. Leisure in 20th and 21st century Lithuanian art", 14 July – 2 October 2022, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius. Curators of the exhibition: Goda Aksamitauskaitė, Eglė Juocevičiūtė, Austėja Tavoraitė. ‘Vilnius Forever. A Dialogue of Artworks and Guides to the City’, 25 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Laima Laučkaitė.