Vilnius motif

In the 1960s, Leonas Katinas (1907–1984) painted a view of the Old Town from the footbridge over the Vilnia in Užupis, showing the green banks of the river, a hill with brick houses, and St Casimir’s Church with its magnificent dome. There is a steep road among the trees called Kūdrų (Pond) Street, which had been called Ežero (Lake) Street (in Polish Jeziorna) before the war. This and the neighbouring Žuvų (Fish) and Safjaniki (or Tymo) streets made up the Jewish quarter of Safjaniki by the River Vilnia, which was destroyed during the Second World War. There is no sign of the old quarter in Katinas’ brisk and sketchy townscape; it has been replaced by green meadows, and the riverside is overgrown with trees.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: "Vilnius Time", 5 June 2023 – 1 May 2024, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curators Ieva Burbaitė and Emilija Vanagaitė.
© LATGA, Vilnius 2025

In the 1960s, Leonas Katinas (1907–1984) painted a view of the Old Town from the footbridge over the Vilnia in Užupis, showing the green banks of the river, a hill with brick houses, and St Casimir’s Church with its magnificent dome. There is a steep road among the trees called Kūdrų (Pond) Street, which had been called Ežero (Lake) Street (in Polish Jeziorna) before the war. This and the neighbouring Žuvų (Fish) and Safjaniki (or Tymo) streets made up the Jewish quarter of Safjaniki by the River Vilnia, which was destroyed during the Second World War. There is no sign of the old quarter in Katinas’ brisk and sketchy townscape; it has been replaced by green meadows, and the riverside is overgrown with trees.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė
Expositions: "Vilnius Time", 5 June 2023 – 1 May 2024, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curators Ieva Burbaitė and Emilija Vanagaitė.
© LATGA, Vilnius 2025