The exhibition “Čiurlionis: Esoteric Trip 1875–1911” (Italian: ČIURLIONIS: Un viaggio esoterico 1875–1911) was on view at the Palazzo Reale in Milan from November 13, 2010, to February 13, 2011.

The exhibition featured 115 works by M. K. Čiurlionis:

“Serenity” (Čt 180), 1903/4
“The Past” (Čt 210), 1907
“The Sun” (Čt 168), 1907
“Silence” (Čt 213), 1908
The series “Creation of the World” (Čt 181–193), 1905/6
“The Mountain” (Čt 174), 1906
“The Sea at Night” (Čt 199), 1906
The “Daybreak” series (Čt 197), 1906
“The Forest” (Čt 92), 1906
The triptych “The Prince’s Journey” (Čt 41), 1907
The “Zodiac” series (Čt 52–63), 1906/7
The triptych “My Road” (Čt 69–71), 1907
The triptych “Summer” (Čt 64–66), 1907
“Summer” (Čt 146), 1907
The “Sonata II (Sonata of the Spring)” series (Čt 26, Čt 27, Čt 38, Čt 29), 1907
The “Sonata No. 3 (Sonata of the Serpent)” series (Čt 8–11), 1908
The cycle “Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars)” (Čt 2–3), 1908
Sketch for the curtain of the opera “Jūratė” (Čt 206), 1908
Sketch for the curtain of the opera “Jūratė” (Čt 207), 1908
Sketch for the curtain of the opera “Jūratė” (Čt 208), 1908
“City”. From the series “City” (Čt 67), 1908
“City”. From the cycle “City” (Čt 68), 1908
Cycle “Sonata No. 7 (Sonata of the Pyramids)” (Čt 4–5, Čt 221), 1909
“Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale of the Kings)” Etude (Čt 163), 1908/9
“Fairy Tale (Castle Fairy Tale)” (Čt 6), 1909
“Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale of the Kings)” (Čt 35), 1909
“Fortress (Fortress Fairy Tale)” (Čt 33), 1909
“Prelude (The Knight's Prelude)” (Čt 16), 1909
“Angels (Paradise)” (Čt 91), 1909
“Angel (Angel Prelude)” (Čt 15), 1909
“Lithuanian Graveyard” (Čt 219), 1909
“Adoration of the Sun” (Čt 40), 1909
“Lightning” (Čt 18), 1909
“Altar” (Čt 1), 1909
“The Offering” (Čt 172), 1909
“Rex” (Čt 134), 1909
“Composition (Woman with a Veil)” (Čg 129), 1907/8
“Prelude (Sunrise)” (Čg 132), 1908
“Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale of the Kings)” (Čg 166), 1908
“Rex” (Čg 134), 1909
“The Offering” (Čg 118), 1908
“Vignette (Boats)” (Čg 138), 1909
“Composition (Oriental Fairy Tale)” (Čg 128), 1907/8
“The Sea” (Čg 125), 1906
“Town (Towers)” (Čg 131), 1906
“The Offering” (Čg 153), 1908
“The Offering” (Čpf 127), 1908
Initial Letters, 1908
Vignette “Dark Night Will Fall II” (Čg 144), 1909
Vignette “Dark Night Will Fall III” (Čg 145), 1909
Vignette “On the Other Side of the Nemunas V” (Čg 149), 1909
Vignette “Run, the Mowings” (Čg 142), 1909
Allegro sketch “Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars)” (Čg 53, p. 21), 1908
Sketchbook (1905–1906). Excerpts from the literary letters “To Dievdurakėlis” (Čg 45, p. 15), 1906
“Sketch of a Castle” (Čg 9, p. 1), 1909
“Sketch of a Composition” (Čg 13, p. 1), 1909
Sketch for the painting “Fortress (Fortress Fairy Tale)” (Čg 10, p. 1), 1909
Sketch for the painting “Fairy Tale (Castle Fairy Tale)” (Čg 16, p. 1), 1909
Sketch for the painting “Altar” (Čg 11, p. 2), 1909
“Drawings of Wayside Crosses” (Čg 17, p. 1), 1909
Sketch of the Sagittarius and Scorpio compositions for the 12-painting cycle “Zodiac” (Čg 40), 1906
Sketches for the series “City” (Čg 37, p. 1), 1906/7
Sketches for the series “Creation of the World” and the painting “Adoration of the Sun” (Čg 43, p. 1), 1905/6
Sketch of the scherzo from “Sonata II (Sonata of the Spring)” (Čg 61, p. 1), 1907
A notebook of draft letters to various people. Leipzig (Čl 1), 1901/2)
Postcard featuring the composition “Danger” (Čl 33), 1904
Postcard featuring the composition “The Rustling of the Forest” (Čl 35), 1903
Postcard featuring the composition “Serenity” (Čl 31), 1904
Letter to Povilas Čiurlionis in Worcester. (USA) (Čl 19), 1909
Letter to Adomas Varnas in Switzerland. Vilnius (Čl 43), 1908
“Sanctus” Clean copy of the score (Čm 27), 1902
Prelude in B-flat minor for piano. Clean copy (Čm 60), 1908
“The Sea”. Poem for symphonic orchestra. Clean copy of the score (Čm 1), 1903–7
Prelude for piano “The Nightingale” from a book of drafts of various works (Čm 6), 1899–1907
Piano reduction of the symphonic poem “The Sea” (Čm 17, p. 00916, 00917, 00932, 00934), 1903–7

Also on display were 23 photocopies from M. K. Čiurlionis’s photo album “Anapa. 1905.”

Interview with Ieva Gaižutytė, then Cultural Attaché of the Republic of Lithuania in Italy

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