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Vilnius. The Gates of Dawn

Author: Jan Bułhak (1876–1950)
Created:19231930
Technique:photograph
Dimensions:11.70 × 16.30 cm

In order to put the story of the image of Vilnius in a wider context, the photographs by Jan Bułhak (18761950) should not be left out. The photographer lived in Vilnius from 1912 onwards, and formed a dignified and lyrical image of the Baroque city that was both romantic and Impressionist in the minds of citizens of the independent Republic of Lithuania. Bułhak spearheaded the development and teaching of photographic art in interwar Vilnius. He headed the Department of Art Photography at Stephen Báthory University from 1919. His photographs were published in the Lithuanian press quite often, and since Lithuania and Poland broke off diplomatic relations and Vilnius was inaccessible to many people, we could say that some residents of Kaunas saw Vilnius through Bułhak’s lens.

 

Text authors Dovilė Barcytė and Ieva Burbaitė

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album KAUNAS–VILNIUS / 1918–1945 (2021). Compilers and text authors Dovilė Barcytė and Ieva Burbaitė
Expositions: "1918-1945 / Kaunas-Vilnius", 27 August 202021 August 2021, Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curators Dovilė Barcytė and Ieva Burbaitė.