Artwork Info: Subačiaus Street by the Missionaries’ Church in Vilnius

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Subačiaus Street by the Missionaries’ Church in Vilnius

In Bałzukiewicz’s pictureSubačiaus Street by the Missionaries’Church in Vilnius, he not only showed a detail of the street with the church hall and the rotunda-shaped porch of the Missionaries’ Church, but also recreated a scene from 18th-century life: a nobleman walks along the street in a home-made coat tied with a traditional silk sash, a gallant cavalry officer walks arm-in-arm with a girl, townsmen chat quietly, and beggars beg for alms. The artist reconstructed the dress and the bearing of people at that time. The watercolour illustrates characteristic 20th-century retrospectivism, a return to Vilnius’ past, and the golden age when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was free and not part of the Russian Empire. Text author Laima Laučkaitė.

józef bałzukiewicz (1867 – 1915)

Polish painter Józef Balzukiewicz (1867-1915) created religious, landscape & portrait works in Warsaw & Vilnius. Explore his art through oil, ink & pastel paintings.

Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Vilnius, Lithuania)

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About this artwork

Title: Subačiaus Street by the Missionaries’ Church in Vilnius
Artist: józef bałzukiewicz
Year: 1912
Original dimensions: 52.0 x 66.0 cm
Format: Landscape
Copyright status: Public domain
Where to see it: Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE
Medium: Watercolor
Medium type: WallArt
Color palette: Neutrals

Quick Facts

Title: Subačiaus Street by the Missionaries’ Church
Artistic style: Realism with impressionistic touches
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Józef Bałzukiewicz
Notable elements or techniques: Wet-on-wet blending, historical reconstruction
Subject or theme: 18th-century life in Vilnius