Landscape

Considering the motif, this is probably a German landscape painted when visiting Germany (although it could also be a small town in northern Lithuania). The study reflects the very vivid transformations in V. Didžiokas’ painting: the picture is painted in a more ornamental style and has its own characteristic uniform colouring, chromatic sensitivity and firm composition. The chosen atypical observation point helps express the mood of the motif and the author’s feelings. Playful and rhythmical contrasts of light and shadow produce a live picture.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Text authors Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė
Expositions: “Académie de Vilna. Vilnius Drawing School (1866–1915)”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Jolanta Širkaitė). Published: Académie de Vilna: Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866-1915 / Vilnius drawing school: Exhibition Catalogue, Nacionalinė dailės galerija 2017 m. 4 d. - lapkričio 26 d., compiled by Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017, p. 136.

Considering the motif, this is probably a German landscape painted when visiting Germany (although it could also be a small town in northern Lithuania). The study reflects the very vivid transformations in V. Didžiokas’ painting: the picture is painted in a more ornamental style and has its own characteristic uniform colouring, chromatic sensitivity and firm composition. The chosen atypical observation point helps express the mood of the motif and the author’s feelings. Playful and rhythmical contrasts of light and shadow produce a live picture.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Text authors Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė
Expositions: “Académie de Vilna. Vilnius Drawing School (1866–1915)”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Jolanta Širkaitė). Published: Académie de Vilna: Vilniaus piešimo mokykla 1866-1915 / Vilnius drawing school: Exhibition Catalogue, Nacionalinė dailės galerija 2017 m. 4 d. - lapkričio 26 d., compiled by Jolanta Širkaitė, Vilnius: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2017, p. 136.