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Cathedral

Author: Izabela Borowska (1912–after 2006)
Created:1940s-1950s
Material:paper
Technique:watercolour
Dimensions:19 × 28 cm
Signature:

initials on the reverse side: IB

Iabela Borowska made wall paintings, designed interiors of churches, and painted a copy of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, of the Gates of Dawn, for a chapel in Skarżysko-Kamienna, based on the painting in Vilnius. Throughout her life, Borowska missed the city of her youth. In Poland, she painted a number of watercolours of Vilnius, based on photographs and other visual records. Cathedral is a typical example: executed in a dry manner, the drawing is precise, but the sparse surroundings and the lack of detail suggest that it was not made from life.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA I (2014). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė