Tour of 1 exhibit “Within the Whirlpool of Secrets and techniques: The Life Path of Paulina Mongirdaitė”

The third one-piece exhibition “Lady with a digital camera within the nineteenth century” was opened within the Palanga Mayor Jonas Šliūpas museum. assist – twentieth century Ave. In Europe – uncommon, in Palanga – on a regular basis”. Could 17, 24, 31 at 3 p.m. The museum invitations you to the excursions of the exhibition “Within the Whirlpool of Secrets and techniques: The Life Path of Paulina Mongirdaitė”.

Paulina Mongirdaitė (~1865–1924) is the primary girl in Lithuania, who in 1889 put in a creative images pavilion. Trying on the world round her by the digital camera’s eyepiece, she recorded the distinctive pictures, objects, and other people of Palanga and its environment: the quiet non-seasonal day by day lifetime of Palanga, seashore life, objects marking Palanga’s uniqueness. Her postcards of Palanga, Kretinga, Gargždai cities and their environment, which unfold throughout Lithuania, Poland, and France, unfold the phrase about the fantastic thing about our seaside.

Paulina, a noblewoman, spoke Lithuanian and Polish, knew Russian and French. She was liked by the individuals of Palanga, and simply communicated with summer time residents. He had an easy-going, receptive thoughts, with extensive pursuits: he drew, performed the piano, learn rather a lot, sewed, smoked papyrus.

Paulina Mongirdaitė’s 1895 portray is introduced publicly for the primary time on the exhibition. the portrait from the album of Depend Stanislaus Kazimierz Kosakovsky (1837–1905) is one among three identified portraits of her. And subsequent to it, three group work from 1895 are exhibited. the photographs from the Nationwide M. Okay. Čiurlionis Artwork Museum are accompanied by an fascinating story that led to the exhibited portrait.

Throughout the tour, we’ll invite guests to the exhibition to “flip the digital camera” and take a look at the photographer by her personal eyes: to look at her portrait, to delve into the vicissitudes of her life, to attempt to think about what sort of character and method a lady might have chosen the career of a photographer, which was extraordinarily uncommon on the time. We may even hearken to tales about Paulina Mongirdaitė’s work and life path, which remains to be shrouded in thriller. The variety of locations on excursions is restricted, so we invite you to register upfront.

When? in 2024 Could 17, 24 and on the thirty first at 3 p.m.

The place? within the museum of Palanga mayor Jonas Šliūpas (Vytauto st. 23A, Palanga)

The value? 4 Eur

Tour length: 45 min.

Participates in: Historian of the Jonas Šliūpas Museum, e-book “Indicators of Jonas Šliūpas in Palanga. Journey across the resort” (2023) compiled by Mindaugas Surblys.

The variety of locations is restricted! Pre-registration required: https://bit.ly/3QGJlSg

Extra concerning the exhibition: https://lnm.lt/renginiai/paroda-moteris-su-kamera-xix-a-pab-xx-a-pr