A view of St Anne’s and the Bernardine Church in Vilnius

Between the wars, Adolf Popławski (1907–1982) made woodcuts of views of Vilnius and exhibited them. The engraving A view of St Anne’s and the Bernardine Church in Vilnius was shown at an exhibition of work by Vilnius artists in 1940. Popławski tried to avoid stereotypes, and found an unusual angle of view: he looked down on the churches like a bird, showing not only their playful layout, but also their surroundings, with the greenery of the park behind them.

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)

Between the wars, Adolf Popławski (1907–1982) made woodcuts of views of Vilnius and exhibited them. The engraving A view of St Anne’s and the Bernardine Church in Vilnius was shown at an exhibition of work by Vilnius artists in 1940. Popławski tried to avoid stereotypes, and found an unusual angle of view: he looked down on the churches like a bird, showing not only their playful layout, but also their surroundings, with the greenery of the park behind them.

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)