The Dominican Church

In this sketch, Dobrinsky captured the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit, but the building is barely discernible, as he did not care much for its Baroque splendour. Rapid pastel strokes, indistinct contours, pulsating light, a dark blue sky and brown tones show an emotional interpretation of reality that is characteristic of the École de Paris. Unlike Vilnius artists between the wars, Dobrinsky was not much impressed by Baroque Vilnius. Looking at the Dominican Church from the Jewish Ghetto, he portrayed it like a fortress, surrounded by high walls and rising ominously against a dark sky.

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 this sketch, Dobrinsky captured the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit, but the building is barely discernible, as he did not care much for its Baroque splendour. Rapid pastel strokes, indistinct contours, pulsating light, a dark blue sky and brown tones show an emotional interpretation of reality that is characteristic of the École de Paris. Unlike Vilnius artists between the wars, Dobrinsky was not much impressed by Baroque Vilnius. Looking at the Dominican Church from the Jewish Ghetto, he portrayed it like a fortress, surrounded by high walls and rising ominously against a dark sky.

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)