Lithuanian Art Museum Annual 12

CONTENTS

RESEARCHES AND RESTORATION OF THE MUSEUM TREASURES

13 / Laima Bialopetravičienė. A Centenary of the Rebirth of Lithuanian Art
26 / Giedrė Jankevičiūtė. The Lithuanian Art Society not Only through the Prism of the National Rebirth
41 / Ona Mažeikienė. Antanas Jaroševičius and Lithuanian Art
62 / Lijana Šatavičiūtė. Exhibition of Lithuanian Art and the Quests for Nationality in Fine Craft s of the Early 20th Century
77 / Raimonda Bitinaitė-Širvinskienė. Set Designers in the Lithuanian Art Society: between Partnership and Authonomy
89 / Stasys Latonas. A Sketch of the Work by Jonas Danauskas, a Participant in the First Exhibition of Lithuanian Art
117 / Ilona Mažeikienė. The Life Story of the Blessed Virgin Rosalie of Palermo On the Authorship of the Cycle of Copper Engravings
128 / Linas Bubnelis. The Seals of the Institutions and Their Offi cers of the Rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Collection of Sphragistics Kept in the Lithuanian Art Museum
141 / Linas Bubnelis. Exhibits from the Collection of Sphragistics of the GDL: the Stamps of the Oginskis Family and the Drawings by Preteen Duke Mykolas Mikalojus Severinas Markas Oginskis (1849–1902)
157 / Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė. Mina Levitan-Babenskienė
169 / Regina Makauskienė. Non-traditional Exploitation of Amber
172 / Danutė Mukienė. Janė Bilotienė – the 2007 Government Prizewinner for Culture and Art
191 / Raimunda Vasiliauskienė, Valdas Skrabas, Dalia Valujevičienė. Investigations and Restoration of Three Liturgical Reference Books from a Personal Collection of Motiejus Valančius
215 / Janina Lukšėnienė, Jūratė Senvaitienė. The Project Estimation of the Condition of Collections in Lithuanian Museums
223 / Audronė Petroševičiūtė. And Where is King Salomon?

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

231 / Scientific Conference in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Church of the Assumption in Palanga
232 / International Scientific Conference Vilnius School of Photography. Problems of Continuity and New Strategies
234 / Scientific Conference in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Lithuanian Art Society
235 / Scientific Conference Experiment in the 20th century Art

EXPOSITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

237 / Skaistis Mikulionis. Exhibitions of Mstislav Dobujinsky’s Work
243 / Ilona Mažeikienė. The Dark Side of the Soul – Alfred Kubin
250 / Margarita Matulytė. The Vilnius Photography – A Common Heritage of Lithuania and Poland
258 / Ieva Dilytė. Exhibition The Power of Gaze. The Image of a Woman in the Art of the 19th –20th Century
266 / Exhibition of the Innovative Works of Lithuanian Artists in the 20th–21st Centuries Experiment
281 / Dalia Tarandaitė. The Algimantas Miškinis Art Collection of Oriental Countries
288 / Rima Rutkauskienė. The Exhibition At the Crossroads of the World Art
298 / Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė. The Blindfold Personages
308 / Julija Mušinskienė. The Halfway of the Cycle of Competitions
315 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Eternal Travellers
323 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Colours and Sun! Artist's Colonies by the Sea: Domburg, Nidden/Nida, Ahrenshoop
333 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Summer Calligraphy from Israel
336 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Homecomings, or How a Žemaitis (Samogitian) was Looking for Strength
340 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. The Tilžė Truce. Life on Th is and Another Side of the River Nemunas
343 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Exhibition of Graphic Works by Kaliningrad Artists
346 / Indrė Sliužinskaitė-Macijauskienė. The Faces of Time in the Clock Museum
349 / Saulius Striuogaitis. Exhibition The Construction Project of the Tyszkiewicz Family Palace in Palanga. The Archive of the German Architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten (1841–1924)
357 / Regina Makauskienė. The Refl ection of Soviet Ideology in Amber Articles
360 / Regina Makauskienė. Life with Amber
365 / Dalia Bernotaitė, Irena Ūdraitė, Danutė Mukienė. The First Summer in the Renewed Juodkrantė Museum of Miniatures

EDUCATION

376 / Lina Paukštienė. Family in a Museum
392 / Danutė Mukienė. The Events by the LAM Commemorating a Centenary of the Church of the Assumption in Palanga and the Erection of the Sculpture The Blessing Christ in the Palanga Park
398 / Danutė Mukienė. 2007 Night Events of European Culture in the Lithuanian Art Museum
404 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. Itinerant Project about Artists from Lithuania Minor
406 / Vida Gedvilaitė. Christmas Moods in the Exhibition of Creches

CONTEMPORARY ART INFORMATION CENTRE

409 / Dovilė Tumpytė. The Activities of the LAM Contemporary Art Information Centre in 2007

COLLECTIONS OF THE LITHUANIAN ART MUSEUM

422 / Loreta Marija Meškelevičienė. The Digitalization of Collections in the Lithuanian Art Museum
432 / Laima Sazonova. Exhibits Acquired in 2007
437 / Dalius Avižinis. The Treasures Acquired for the Royal Palace in 2007
452 / Kristina Jokubavičienė. The Four Presented Paintings of Česlovas Janušas

BIBLIOGRAPHY

458 / Indrė Buzelienė. Publications by the Lithuanian Art Museum 2007

CHRONICLE

477 / Chronicle 2007