The Church of St Casimir

Kościoły wileńskie / Series of woodcuts ‘Churches of Vilnius’. 1928

In interwar Vilnius, a generation of young artists, alumni of the Art Department of Stephen Báthory University, came of age. Roman Jakimowicz (1899–1964) was one of the first artists to receive a diploma of this university in 1931. Still as a student, in 1925, he created a series of woodcarvings ‘Vilnius’. Just like Remer’s progressive and modern guide, Jakimowicz’s prints are distinguished by their modern form: simplified shapes, dramatic collisions of black and white patches. Jakimowicz was the first artist to present an expressionist vision of Vilnius monuments, which was later elaborated by his other colleagues. This vision is also vividly present in his series ‘Churches of Vilnius’ created in 1928 and dedicated to the lovers of Vilnius.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė

Kościoły wileńskie / Series of woodcuts ‘Churches of Vilnius’. 1928