Mushrooms I

There were many people who admired the skills of Eugenijus Kulvietis (1883–1959), because his realistic still-lifes were almost like photographs. It is hard to say if they knew that he had taken up photography in Riga in 1898, and after saving some money he went to St Petersburg to work as a photographer. But photography did not satisfy his artistic ambitions, and in 1903 he entered the School of Drawing of the Society for the Promotion of the Arts, and is even thought to have attended the still-life studio at the St Petersburg Academy of Art. He ran into trouble for his involvement in revolutionary activities, and in 1910 he left for the USA. His photography skills were useful to him there, and he opened a photographic studio in Cicero, a suburb of Chicago. Returning to independent Lithuania in 1918, he tried to live by painting. Unfortunately, like many other artists at that time, he had to find an additional source of income, and in 1922 or 1924 he began to teach drawing at a gymnasium in Ukmergė. These boletus mushrooms were probably from the forests nearby.

Text author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album OBJECTS ON SHOW (2017). Compiler and author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
Expositions: "I’m coming back...", 13 April 2023 – 7 May 2023, Ukmergė Regional Museum (Kęstutis sq. 9, Ukmergė).

There were many people who admired the skills of Eugenijus Kulvietis (1883–1959), because his realistic still-lifes were almost like photographs. It is hard to say if they knew that he had taken up photography in Riga in 1898, and after saving some money he went to St Petersburg to work as a photographer. But photography did not satisfy his artistic ambitions, and in 1903 he entered the School of Drawing of the Society for the Promotion of the Arts, and is even thought to have attended the still-life studio at the St Petersburg Academy of Art. He ran into trouble for his involvement in revolutionary activities, and in 1910 he left for the USA. His photography skills were useful to him there, and he opened a photographic studio in Cicero, a suburb of Chicago. Returning to independent Lithuania in 1918, he tried to live by painting. Unfortunately, like many other artists at that time, he had to find an additional source of income, and in 1922 or 1924 he began to teach drawing at a gymnasium in Ukmergė. These boletus mushrooms were probably from the forests nearby.

Text author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album OBJECTS ON SHOW (2017). Compiler and author Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
Expositions: "I’m coming back...", 13 April 2023 – 7 May 2023, Ukmergė Regional Museum (Kęstutis sq. 9, Ukmergė).