Picking Apples

Adomas Galdikas (1893–1969) was open to Modernist innovations, and encouraged this approach among students at the graphic art studio. He urged them to take themes from folk art and views of nature, and to interpret them by making use of the Modernist trends that were dominant in interwar Europe. Thus, tendencies in Art Deco, Neoclassicism and Neotraditionalism, offering greater freedom to paraphrase folk art, prevailed in the work of young graphic artists in the second half of the 1930s. While adhering to the realistic principles of representation, some graphic artists also incorporated stylised Expressionist elements in their compositions.

Text author Ieva Burbaitė

Adomas Galdikas (1893–1969) was open to Modernist innovations, and encouraged this approach among students at the graphic art studio. He urged them to take themes from folk art and views of nature, and to interpret them by making use of the Modernist trends that were dominant in interwar Europe. Thus, tendencies in Art Deco, Neoclassicism and Neotraditionalism, offering greater freedom to paraphrase folk art, prevailed in the work of young graphic artists in the second half of the 1930s. While adhering to the realistic principles of representation, some graphic artists also incorporated stylised Expressionist elements in their compositions.

Text author Ieva Burbaitė