{"id":20825,"date":"2021-10-20T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/vilniaus-paveikslu-galerija\/parodos\/hommage-to-the-donors-the-beginning-of-the-vilnius-picture-gallery\/"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:25:47","slug":"hommage-to-the-donors-the-beginning-of-the-vilnius-picture-gallery","status":"publish","type":"paroda","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/vilnius-picture-gallery\/exhibitions\/hommage-to-the-donors-the-beginning-of-the-vilnius-picture-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage to the Donors. The Beginning of the Vilnius Picture Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition <em>Hommage to the Donors. The Beginning of the Vilnius Picture Gallery<\/em> is an act of memory and gratitude to the people who donated works of art to museum institutions founded at the start of the 20th century. Today, their collections make up the oldest and most valuable core of exhibits of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. It is an exhibition about the origins of the museum&#8217;s collections \u2013 gifts donated by private individuals. The scope of the exposition allows only for the display of the collections of the main patrons, thus the exhibition consists of four sections:\u00a0 The Collection of W\u0142adys\u0142aw Tyszkiewicz, The Collection of Kanuty and Boles\u0142aw Rusiecki,\u00a0 The Legacy of the Fiorentini Dynasty, and The Contribution of Antoni Ko\u0142b-Sielecki.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Museum of Antiquities was closed down following the 1863 Uprising, and Vilnius was left without any museums presenting Lithuania&#8217;s past, culture or art heritage. Trade in antiques that could serve as a reminder of the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was also banned. When Tsar Nicholas II declared his manifesto granting his subjects the rights to speech, assembly and association, the Polish intellectuals of the city immediately began to establish museums. Public figures and philanthropists founded two institutions in 1907 \u2013 the Society of Science and Art Museum (<em>Towarzystwo Muzeum Nauki i Sztuki w Wilnie<\/em>) and the Society of Friends of Science in Wilno (<em>Towarzystwo Przyjaci\u00f3\u0142 Nauk w Wilnie<\/em>). Inspired by feelings of patriotism, in a matter of time manor lords and intellectuals assembled an enormous library and a collection of archival documents, historical, archaeological, natural and cultural objects in which works of art also held an important position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exhibition visitors will be acquainted with donations by Vilnius Society of Science and Art Museum, the Society of Friends of Science in Wilno, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Tyszkiewicz (1865\u20131936), Kanuty and Boles\u0142aw Rusiecki, Fiorentini Dynasty, and Antoni Ko\u0142b-Sielecki.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exhibition curators: Laima Lau\u010dkait\u0117, Rima Rutkauskien\u0117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Architect Saulius Valius<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project is financed by\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33088\" src=\"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pro-vg_d-LKT_EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"51\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/donatoriai_knyga-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43977 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/donatoriai_knyga-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>New catalogue of the exhibition <em>Hommage to the Donors. 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