Vilnius Calvary. The chapels

In 1938, Jan Maksymilian Kasprowicz visited Vilnius, and painted a landscape with the chapels of the Stations of the Cross. Kasprowicz was not interested so much in the religious meaning of the Stations of the Cross as in expressing the Impressionist spirit of the sunlit forest, the decorativeness of the picture, the thick impasto texture, the broad brushstrokes, and the colourful alternating patches of light and shade.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)

In 1938, Jan Maksymilian Kasprowicz visited Vilnius, and painted a landscape with the chapels of the Stations of the Cross. Kasprowicz was not interested so much in the religious meaning of the Stations of the Cross as in expressing the Impressionist spirit of the sunlit forest, the decorativeness of the picture, the thick impasto texture, the broad brushstrokes, and the colourful alternating patches of light and shade.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)