{"id":19900,"date":"2020-08-25T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/leidinys\/wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T07:00:58","slug":"wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states","status":"publish","type":"leidinys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/leidinys\/wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The exhibition of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Symbolists was first shown at the Mus\u00e9e d’Orsay in Paris in celebration of the centenary of the independence of the Baltic states. Later it was moved to the KUMU Art Museum in Tallinn and in 2020, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the restoration of independence of the Baltic countries, it was presented at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius and at the Latvian National Art Museum in Riga.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive catalogue, which highlights the importance of the painters from the three Baltic states and the relevance of their work in the overall context of Western art history. The Symbolist art of the Baltic states is virtually unknown, both to the general public and to Symbolism scholars from other countries. Distinctively unique, fascinating authors never received wider recognition and remained in the background, although the Baltic cultural and artistic life at the end of the 19th<\/sup> and beginning of the 20th<\/sup> centuries was highly interesting, marked by national romanticism, the search for one’s own national identity, artists’ societies and the first exhibitions. Inspirations drawn from a variety of sources took on a symbolic expression. Artists turned to the folk art and folklore of their respective countries and expressed increasing interest in myths and historical heritage. “This is an entirely new spiritual continent and \u010ciurlionis is its first Christopher Columbus”, wrote the French writer Romain Rolland in a letter to Sofija Kymantait\u0117-\u010ciurlionien\u0117 in 1930. In the catalogue, the curator of the exhibition and renowned Symbolism researcher Rodolphe Rapetti (France) gives a detailed overview of the background that enabled the emergence of Symbolism in the art of the Baltic states, its development, main features and most remarkable representatives. Thirty-six Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Symbolist painters are introduced by presenting reproductions of their artworks accompanied by extremely comprehensive descriptions. Each work of art is placed in a broad historical context, drawing the main lines of its narrative, revealing the story of its creation, and describing its main stylistic features.<\/p>\n

Wild Souls<\/em> is an attempt to put the little-known Baltic artists back on the global map of art history by presenting the individuality and beauty of their art.<\/p>\n

Catalogue editors: Alg\u0117 Andriulyt\u0117, Egl\u0117 Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117<\/p>\n

Authors of the texts: Rodolphe Rapetti, Alg\u0117 Andriulyt\u0117, Daiva Beli\u016bnien\u0117, Marita B\u0113rzi\u0146a, Aija Brasli\u0146a, Ieva Burbait\u0117, Gundega C\u0113bere, Eero Epner, Danut\u0117 Gruzdien\u0117, Linda Kaljundi, Jaak Kangilaski, Lola Annabel Kass, Dace Lamberga, Laima Lau\u010dkait\u0117, Mai Levin, Gunta Madlinska, Aist\u0117 Pra\u0161kevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Bart Pushaw, Liis P\u00e4hlapuu, Julija Ra\u010di\u016bnait\u0117, Jurgita Rimkut\u0117-Vainiuvien\u0117, Genovait\u0117 Vertelkait\u0117-Bartulien\u0117<\/p>\n

Copy editors: Monika Grig\u016bnien\u0117, Gra\u017eina Rutskien\u0117, Richard Adang, Jonathan Cairns, Noah Friedman<\/p>\n

Translators: Margita Gal\u012btis, Agn\u0117 Mackevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Skirmant\u0117 Cairns, Judita Malininait\u0117, Juta Ristoo, Ieva Venskevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Agn\u0117 Zujevait\u0117<\/p>\n

Graphic design and image editing Tuuli Aule<\/p>\n

Published by The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, 2020<\/p>\n

Printed by \u201eStandart\u0173 spaustuv\u0117\u201c<\/p>\n

Copies 700<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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