A view of Vilnius

Periodical TYGODNIK ILLUSTROWANY (Warsaw).

Woodcut after Michał Elwiro Andriolli.

This woodcut, based on a view by Andriolli, was made by Edward Gorazdowski (1843–1901), an accomplished late 19th-century engraver, who worked for illustrated magazines in Warsaw. It appeared in Tygodnik Illustrowany (1872, no. 72) after Andriolli’s return from exile, and was later reproduced in other publications. The view of Vilnius from Saltoniškių Hill represents a painful look of farewell on the road leading to Ukmergė and Russia. The churches are bathed in dramatically changing light, stormy clouds race across the sky, and an unforgiving wind tears branches off trees and bushes.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
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)

Periodical TYGODNIK ILLUSTROWANY (Warsaw).

Woodcut after Michał Elwiro Andriolli.

This woodcut, based on a view by Andriolli, was made by Edward Gorazdowski (1843–1901), an accomplished late 19th-century engraver, who worked for illustrated magazines in Warsaw. It appeared in Tygodnik Illustrowany (1872, no. 72) after Andriolli’s return from exile, and was later reproduced in other publications. The view of Vilnius from Saltoniškių Hill represents a painful look of farewell on the road leading to Ukmergė and Russia. The churches are bathed in dramatically changing light, stormy clouds race across the sky, and an unforgiving wind tears branches off trees and bushes.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
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)