Author: Stabrowski Kazimierz, 1869 - 1929
Created: 1900s–1910s.
Material / technique: paper, pastel.
Dimensions: 48x66 cm.
Signature: K. Stabrowski (signature in the bottom-right corner of the painting).
The light green composition depicts a stretch of water at a stony shore illuminated by the sun. K. Stabrowski has studied nature, lighting, and water reflections to a great extent, so he puts his knowledge and skill into practice by creating an impressionistic and vibrant visual of transparent water in motion. The bed of the waters is covered in small rocks. The impression of the depths of the waters is created in the top left corner of the composition using full blue strokes. The centre of the waters gracefully reflects the sunshine. At the top-right corner, one can see the source of intense sunlight, symbolising the transcendent depths of knowledge.
Reference: ‘Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’. Kaunas: M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, 2016, Kat. Nr. 11, P. 58.
Exhibitions: ‘Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’, 2015 September 24 - 2016 January 3, M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum,Kaunas; "Under Italian Skies. Lithuanian artists’ works from the 18th - first half of the 20th centuries", 1 December 2017 - 26 August 2018, Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius Picture Gallery.
Published: Kazimierz Stabrowski, the Teacher of M. K. Čiurlionis’. Kaunas: M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, 2016, Kat. Nr. 11, P. 58; "Under Italian Skies. Lithuanian artists’ works from the 18th - first half of the 20th centuries" Historical Review, Catalogue, Part I, Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, 2019, P. 351, Cat. 446.
Photographs: Kazimierz Stabrowski (1869–1929); display in the exhibition "Under Italian Skies. Lithuanian artists’ works from the 18th - first half of the 20th centuries", 1 December 2017 - 26 August 2018, Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius Picture Gallery.