in 2011 in November in Vilnius, in the square near the Arch Cathedral, in front of the Bridge Street, a monument to the Russian and Lithuanian artist, scenographer, graphic artist and painter Mstislav Dobužinskiis was unveiled.
The monument resembles a metal copy of an easel, and every passer-by can look at Bridge Street with the artist's eye through the copper frame, under which the artist's bas-relief is carved.
M. Dobužinskis created more than 40 opera and drama performances, he was famous not only in Vilnius, but also in the opera theaters of Paris, London, Rome, Naples, Brussels, New York. The collection of stage design sketches by M. Dobužinskis stored in the Museum of Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema in Vilnius is included in the Lithuanian national register. This is the only such rich and valuable collection of scenography works by this artist in Lithuania and in the world.
The poetic works of the 1907th century made M. Dobužinskis famous the most. drawings of Vilnius Old Town from the beginning. Around XNUMX he painted the picture "Tilto gatvė in Vilnius", placing the easel exactly in the place where the sculpture is now. Looking through the hollow frame gives an idea of how the street looks today, more than a hundred years later.
The monument was initiated by the public organization "Mūsų dialogas" and the Vilnius Russian community, and this place was chosen for the sculpture because M. Dobužinskis' painting "Tilto gatvė in Vilnius" depicts a group of buildings on Tilto gatvė, which the Soviet authorities intended to demolish in 1986, and the artist's work encouraged to preserve power as a cultural value. Sculptor Kęstutis Musteikis, architect Algirdas Umbrasas.
Information prepared by: VilniusGO.lt
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