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 exposition
of the painter – graphic artist marcė katiliūtė
Contacts
Address: Vaizgučių kaimas, Laimužės vienkiemis, LT-84256, Gataučių seniūnija,
Joniškio rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 426) 52 492.
Information for
visitor
Opening hours:
A visit to the exposition can be arranged by contacting the administration
of Joniškis History
and Culture Museum or by making an appointment by telephone in advance
(nr. (+370 ~ 426) 52 492).
Admission
The entrance is free of charge.
Exposition
There are about 100 reproductions of the artist`s works exhibited in
two-room premises of the museum. The exposition also introduces the life
story of Marcė Katiliūtė.
 About
the Museum
In Laimužė farmstead of Gataučiai area (Joniškis Region), where some time
ago, while spending her summer at her relatives (1912–1937), the
painter-graphic artist Marcė Katiliūtė had produced a number of works, a
museum has been inaugurated. The initiators of the museum are the writers`
club Audruvė of Joniškis and its former president L. Ripskytė, who had
submitted the museum`s finance project to the Ministry of Culture. Owing to
the means obtained from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and
non-governmental organizations, two rooms (donated by the artist`s
relatives) have been repaired. The museum was founded in 1999.
Marcė
Katiliūtė
In 1935 M. Katiliūtė graduated from Kaunas Art School. In 1936 she worked as
a teacher in Palanga, in 1937 the would-be artist worked as a
preservationist in Kaunas Čiurlionis Art Museum. Her first personal
exhibition was held in 1940. Already the early pictures, sketches,
engravings of Marcė Katiliūtė (`gratazas` Našta (The Burden), flax
engravings Į talką (Coming to Help), Motina (The Mother), Žadina (Awakening)
– all produced in 1935) had been influenced by Lithuanian folk art; they
represent love towards the man.
The most of the artist`s works were created on the subject of `woman life`.
They highlight social moments (Moteris su dviem vaikais (A Woman With Two
Children), 1935; Bulves skuta (Peeling Potatoes), 1936; they depict inner
(the portrait of the artist`s mother, 1935; the portrait of the sister
Stasė, 1936; the self-portrait, 1936), dramatic, even tragical states of the
man (Miške (In the Forest), Urtė (a woman`s name), both in 1936). The artist
M. Katiliūtė has also produced a number of illustrations for the following
books: Kiškelio užrašai (The Leveret`s Notes) by Vytautas Tamulaitis, 1935;
Napalys bailys (Napalys the Coward) by Petras Cvirka, 1936; Aukštujų Šimonių
likimas (The Fate of the Šimoniai from Aukštujai Area) by Ieva Simonaitytė,
1936; unpublished; received a gold medal of the world exhibition in Paris
in1937; after death) as well as paintings. The artist`s productions are
realistic, emotional, metaphorical, reflecting folk outlook and delicately
rendering the spiritual man`s world. Their characteristic features include:
simple composition, generalized sculpture forms, rich drawing, expressive
and dynamic carving.
Adapted from the publication of N. Sabanienė Įkurtas
Marcės Katiliūtės muziejus (The Museum of M. Katiliūtė Has Been
Established)/ Museology Report, 1999, Nr.5.
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