Vytautas Kasiulis: 11 works

'The self-portrait of Vytautas Kasiulis created during his Freiburg period stands out for its original composition. The realistic self-portrait of the artist in the bottom right corner of the painting has been incorporated into a typical artist's studio environment, a "painting within a painting", with a background consisting of lying women's scenes and portrait sketches, which were some of Kasiulis' favourite motifs for a working artist.'

'One of the most beautiful works of Vytautas Kasiulis, painted whilst teaching in Freiburg, Germany, is the composition Woman with the artist.'

'The canvas' decorative expression and condensed vision is close to Vytautas Kasiulis' illustrations that were created at a similar time in Paris for the book of poetry by Latvian Ilona Leimanė (Ugunsputns (Fire bird), 1951) and the collection by avantgarde poet Henrikas Radauskas Strėlė danguje (Arrow in the sky).'

'The expression, the power of the colouring, and the solidness of the compositional structure put V. Kasiulis' pastel works on an equal footing with his finished, large format, oil painting canvases.'

'V. Kasiulis' landscape genre works in which we recognize images of the romantic poets'and painters' paradise that is Paris are communicated in delicate lines and light-coloured spontaneous strokes.'

'The characters from Kasiulis' paintings playing music, dancing or simply resting give his artistic world vitality, variety and a sense of fun.'

'The Swedish theme complements Vytautas Kasiulis' creative legacy, where relatively little attention has been given to landscapes.'

'The artist thinking is one of the most decorative compositions of Vytautas Kasiulis that was created in the 1950s in Paris.'

'Alongside portraits and genre scenes, Vytautas Kasiulis also enjoyed painting still-lifes.'

'Views of Copenhagen started appearing in Vytautas Kasiulis' works following the artist's visit in the Danish capital and the major exhibition held in the Charlottenburg Museum in 1959.'

'The composition Moulin Rouge was painted during Vytautas Kasiulis' later period of work.'