Exhibition "Lines and words. Works of Walenty Romanowicz And Aldona Nebelska-Romanowicz"
The life paths of two young people who chose the vocation of an artist intersected in 1930 in Vilnius – then one of the most important cultural centers of the Second Polish Republic. Walenty Romanowicz (1911–1945), of Belarusian and Russian descent, arriving from the Nowogródek region, and Aldona Nebelska (1909–2009), originally from Warsaw, began their studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in the same year. Their studies, covering various fields of art, provided opportunities to interact with the most prominent Vilnius artists of the time. At the Faculty of Fine Arts, they were taught by L. Sleńdziński, B. Kubicki, J. Bułhak, J. Hoppen, and others. It was Jerzy Hoppen who became Walenty's most significant teacher; the bond they formed had the greatest influence on the young artist's development. After completing their art studies, Walenty and Aldona maintained contact with the Faculty of Fine Arts and were active members of the Vilnius artistic community. Even after turning toward medicine, Walenty found a connection with art. While studying at the Faculty of Medicine, he deepened his knowledge of anatomy – essential for an artist – and eventually, in his final semester, he himself delivered lectures on plastic anatomy to students of the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Commemorating the 115th anniversary of W. Romanowicz's birth this year, we invite you to the spaces of Trakai Island Castle – where W. and A. Romanowicz worked and created – to become acquainted with their works and the life journey they shared for 14 years.
The exhibition is organized from the collections of the Trakai History Museum, the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the National Museum of Lithuania, the Vilnius Academy of Arts Museum, the Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE, the National Museum in Warsaw, the W. and A. Romanowicz relatives and other private collections, and the Central State Archives of Lithuania. Excerpts from W. Romanowicz's diaries are featured in the exposition.
The life paths of two young people who chose the vocation of an artist intersected in 1930 in Vilnius – then one of the most important cultural centers of the Second Polish Republic. Walenty Romanowicz (1911–1945), of Belarusian and Russian descent, arriving from the Nowogródek region, and Aldona Nebelska (1909–2009), originally from Warsaw, began their studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in the same year. Their studies, covering various fields of art, provided opportunities to interact with the most prominent Vilnius artists of the time. At the Faculty of Fine Arts, they were taught by L. Sleńdziński, B. Kubicki, J. Bułhak, J. Hoppen, and others. It was Jerzy Hoppen who became Walenty's most significant teacher; the bond they formed had the greatest influence on the young artist's development. After completing their art studies, Walenty and Aldona maintained contact with the Faculty of Fine Arts and were active members of the Vilnius artistic community. Even after turning toward medicine, Walenty found a connection with art. While studying at the Faculty of Medicine, he deepened his knowledge of anatomy – essential for an artist – and eventually, in his final semester, he himself delivered lectures on plastic anatomy to students of the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Commemorating the 115th anniversary of W. Romanowicz's birth this year, we invite you to the spaces of Trakai Island Castle – where W. and A. Romanowicz worked and created – to become acquainted with their works and the life journey they shared for 14 years.
The exhibition is organized from the collections of the Trakai History Museum, the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the National Museum of Lithuania, the Vilnius Academy of Arts Museum, the Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE, the National Museum in Warsaw, the W. and A. Romanowicz relatives and other private collections, and the Central State Archives of Lithuania. Excerpts from W. Romanowicz's diaries are featured in the exposition.
