{"id":19826,"date":"2020-07-17T12:01:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T09:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/nacionaline-dailes-galerija\/parodos\/exhibition-wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states\/"},"modified":"2020-07-17T12:01:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T09:01:39","slug":"exhibition-wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/exhibitions\/exhibition-wild-souls-symbolism-in-the-art-of-the-baltic-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition &#8220;Wild Souls Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the second half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century and the beginning of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> the present-day Baltic states were part of the Russian empire, and were subjected to a power struggle between the tsarist authorities and the former Germano-Baltic elite (present day Estonia and Latvia), and endured repression and a policy of Russification (present day Lithuania). Despite this, it was the time when national revival matured in these countries. The growing sense of a shared heritage which emerged from archaeological excavation campaigns, the collection of artefacts, oral and written sources, increasing national awareness gradually helped to forge the unique cultural identities of these territories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baltic artists, who moved in thriving intellectual circles receptive to other European influences (Estonian &#8220;Noor-Eestiin&#8221; Tartu, Latvian &#8220;R\u016bkis&#8221; in Saint Petersburg, and Lithuanian Association &#8220;R\u016bta&#8221; in Krakow, etc.), were significant when gathering the progressive youths, establishing various cultural societies in their countries. Most of the artists acquired their education abroad and were influenced by the Russian artistic circles (Mir Iskusstva, N. Roerich), they were also influenced by German art (Arnold B\u00f6cklin) and Scandinavian art (Edvard Munch). Paris, as the centre of the artistic world of the time, was visited by the artists to familiarise themselves with the most contemporary Western art movements and their representatives (August Rodin, Paul Gauguin, James A. M. Whistler). Baltic artists absorbed the creative freedom idea and belief in the power of art to express the depths of human spirituality from the Western Europe, while when reflecting on the history of their own countries and long-lived traditions they created a solid foundation for their future explorations &#8211; the journeys of the wild souls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Symbolism spread throughout Europe in the 1890s before going into gradual decline on the eve of World War I, in the Baltic states it arrived later and was different, and greatly varied. Symbolism as an international artistic movement strived to reveal an intangible truth hidden behind the outward appearances of the physical world. Artists from the Baltic countries adapted these principles in their compositions in their own way, which sometimes appear as enchanting and timeless, sometimes &#8211; dark and perverse in the cosmopolitan <em>fin-de si\u00e9cle<\/em> manner, and sometimes offer captivating natural landscapes painted in various styles.The celebration of the homeland, borrowings from folklore and popular legend, and the use of vernacular motifs as archaeological reminders of a national culture were all vehicles for constructing an identity. Mythological references (the <em>Kalevipoegin<\/em> Estonia) and landscapes of their homelands celebrating the rhythm of the seasons tended towards the creation of an alternative reality sometimes verging on political symbolism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Curator<\/strong> Rodolphe Rapetti<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Adaptation of the exhibition for the National Gallery of Art<\/strong>: Alg\u0117 Andriulyt\u0117, Egl\u0117 Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Collections<\/strong>: Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum, Estonian History Museum, Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, Latvian National Museum of Art, The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, M. K. \u010ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Collection of the law firm &#8220;Ellex Valiunas&#8221;, Andris K\u013cavi\u0146\u0161&#8217;s Collection, Collection of Andrius Jankauskas<\/p>\n<p><strong>The exhibition has been organised by<\/strong>: The public establishment of the Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay and Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Orangerie, Paris, Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, The Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, M. K. \u010ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Exhibition designer<\/strong> Ieva Cic\u0117nait\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Graphic design<\/strong> Laura Grigali\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Partners:<\/strong> Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Ministry of Culture of Latvia, French Cultural Institute, Ministry of Culture of Estonia, French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Embassy of France in Vilnius, LRT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong> Lithuanian Culture Foundation, BTA Viena Insurance Group, Exterus \/ Fundermax<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Media sponsor<\/strong> JCDecaux<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th the present-day Baltic states were part of the Russian empire, and were subjected to a power struggle between the tsarist authorities and the former Germano-Baltic elite (present day Estonia and Latvia), and endured repression and a policy of Russification (present day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19827,"template":"","tags":[],"department":[74],"parodos-zymos":[195],"class_list":["post-19826","paroda","type-paroda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-national-gallery-of-art","parodos-zymos-paroda"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exhibition &quot;Wild Souls Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States&quot; 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