The Church of St Casimir

Isaac Dobrinsky (1891–1973), who was of Jewish and Ukrainian descent, went to study in Paris before the First World War. He lived in Montparnasse, and joined other artists who had come from Eastern Europe and belonged to the École de Paris school. In 1928, he visited Vilnius, the home town of his wife Vera Kremer, and he made several sketches of the city. In his pastel The Church of St Casimir, the shapes of the Baroque architecture are distorted, they flutter and fall, since in an Expressionist work reality is only a starting point for subjective vision. The sullen mood and the gloomy blue colouring are brightened slightly by the domes of the church towers.

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)

Isaac Dobrinsky (1891–1973), who was of Jewish and Ukrainian descent, went to study in Paris before the First World War. He lived in Montparnasse, and joined other artists who had come from Eastern Europe and belonged to the École de Paris school. In 1928, he visited Vilnius, the home town of his wife Vera Kremer, and he made several sketches of the city. In his pastel The Church of St Casimir, the shapes of the Baroque architecture are distorted, they flutter and fall, since in an Expressionist work reality is only a starting point for subjective vision. The sullen mood and the gloomy blue colouring are brightened slightly by the domes of the church towers.

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)