Italian landscape

This is an idyllic Italian view. In his later landscapes of Lithuania, Marszewski captured perfectly the different northern light, and revealed more accurate shapes and more decorative planes, while his Italian landscapes show an ideal beauty and were painted in milder tones, with softer transitions and more subtlety. Pictures by him with similar motifs, The Mediterranean landscape (1869) and Italian seaside (1870), are held in private collections.

Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
Expositions: "Under Italian Skies. Lithuanian artists’ works from the 18th– first half of the 20th centuries", 1 December 2017 – 19 August 2018, Vilnius Picture Gallery (Didžioji St. 4, Vilnius). Curators: Dalia Tarandaitė (project leader), Rūta Janonienė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė; "A Glance at the History of Lithuanian Art from Užupis", 30 August 2018 – 1 June 2019, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Giedrė Jankevičiūtė.

This is an idyllic Italian view. In his later landscapes of Lithuania, Marszewski captured perfectly the different northern light, and revealed more accurate shapes and more decorative planes, while his Italian landscapes show an ideal beauty and were painted in milder tones, with softer transitions and more subtlety. Pictures by him with similar motifs, The Mediterranean landscape (1869) and Italian seaside (1870), are held in private collections.

Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES II (2013). Compiler and author Nijolė Tumėnienė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
Expositions: "Under Italian Skies. Lithuanian artists’ works from the 18th– first half of the 20th centuries", 1 December 2017 – 19 August 2018, Vilnius Picture Gallery (Didžioji St. 4, Vilnius). Curators: Dalia Tarandaitė (project leader), Rūta Janonienė, Giedrė Jankevičiūtė; "A Glance at the History of Lithuanian Art from Užupis", 30 August 2018 – 1 June 2019, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Giedrė Jankevičiūtė.