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In brief: The plein air of painters in memoriam of Antanas Samuolis is turning into the same vital tradition as Samuolis himself and his creative works. Painters have been gathering for fourteen years already to honour one of the first Lithuanian modernists. It is 55 years since the poverty-stricken and abandoned painter died in the hospital of poor people in Switzerland.
In brief: Kaunas Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery did not see such a flood of visitors for a long time, most probably, as on Sunday, August 19. All willing people could not get to the concert of the prominent performers – baritone Vytautas Juozapaitis and pianist Petras Geniušas. Such a duet makes one anticipate something unusual, original and of the highest quality.
Arūnas had a barrow in the homestead. A simple barrow for carrying soil. However, he transported paints, the palette and canvases in it. It looked impressively – Arūnas used to load everything and then he went to draw from nature. The view reminded me of the painting by Van Gogh “Painter Travelling to Arl.”
July 1 of 2007, Sunday. It is summer, but it feels like autumn would be coming soon. Time is a strange thing. It flows in the same manner as for others on the surface. The internal time is my past and present. It is even more strange that my past may turn into present.
Arūnas wrote in his notebook back on November 13, 1988: “What does painting give to a human-being? Does it help one free out from inferior forces? Evidently, art is closely related with religion. Contemporary secular art – is it some compensation after religion has been separated from public life?”
