The Neris near Vilnius

Between the wars, the painter Marian Trzebiński (1871–1942) toured the Polish cities of Lublin, Płock and Krynica, painting watercolour landscapes, some of which were published as postcards. He painted Vilnius too: one of his paintings shows the Neris as seen from Vingis Park, with the hills of Karoliniškės on the other side of the river, and the sandy slope nicknamed ‘bald’. Today, this slope is overgrown with trees and surmounted by the Television Tower. Between the wars, Karoliniškės was a village outside the town, with several homesteads nestling against a forested hill. But Vilnius residents knew that a wonderful view of the city could be admired from the hill. Trzebiński was a realist, and so, by accurate drawing and precise cropping, he created the textures of various different surfaces: water and the reflections in it, the forest, the slope, grass and stone. The picture was drawn with a pencil and coloured in with watercolour, in order to render the quiet splash of the water, the distant view of the other bank, and the green hues of summer.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė

Between the wars, the painter Marian Trzebiński (1871–1942) toured the Polish cities of Lublin, Płock and Krynica, painting watercolour landscapes, some of which were published as postcards. He painted Vilnius too: one of his paintings shows the Neris as seen from Vingis Park, with the hills of Karoliniškės on the other side of the river, and the sandy slope nicknamed ‘bald’. Today, this slope is overgrown with trees and surmounted by the Television Tower. Between the wars, Karoliniškės was a village outside the town, with several homesteads nestling against a forested hill. But Vilnius residents knew that a wonderful view of the city could be admired from the hill. Trzebiński was a realist, and so, by accurate drawing and precise cropping, he created the textures of various different surfaces: water and the reflections in it, the forest, the slope, grass and stone. The picture was drawn with a pencil and coloured in with watercolour, in order to render the quiet splash of the water, the distant view of the other bank, and the green hues of summer.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė