The exhibition “Dialogues of Colors and Sounds: The Art of M. K. Čiurlionis and His Contemporaries” took place at the National Art Gallery in Vilnius (Lithuania) from June 20 to August 23, 2009.

Curators: Dr. Rasa Andriušytė-Žukienė (Vytautas Magnus University), Osvaldas Daugelis (M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art), Dr. Vojtech Lahoda (Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences), and composer Šarūnas Nakas.

The exhibition featured 71 works by M. K. Čiurlionis:

“Concert” (Čt 143), 1904
“Serenity” (Čt 180), 1903/4
“Danger” (Čt 153), 1904
“The Rustling of the Forest” (Čt 100), 1904
“Night. Etude” (Čt 202), 1904/5
The cycle “Day” (Čt 137, Čt 135, Čt 138), 1904/5
“Woods by the Lake” (Čt 194), 1905
“The Forest” (Čt 92), 1906
“The Sea at Night” (Čt 199), 1906
“Night” (Čt 95), 1906
“Mists” (Čt 94), 1906
The cycle “Sparks” (Čt 72-74), 1906
“Summer” (Čt 146), 1907
Triptych “Summer” (Čt 64–66), 1907
“Thoughts” (Čt 102), 1907
Triptych “The Prince’s Journey” (Čt 41–43), 1907
“The Forest” (Čt 90), 1907
“The Sun” (Čt 168), 1907
“Spring Motif” (Čt 77), 1907
The series “Sonata I (Sonata of the Sun)” (Čt 19–22), 1907
The series “Sonata No. 5 (Sonata of the Sea)” (Čt 12–14), 1908
The series “Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars)” (Čt 2–3), 1908
“City” from the cycle “City” (Čt 67), 1908
“City” from the cycle “City” (Čt 68), 1908
Diptych “Prelude and Fugue” (Čt 154–155), 1908
Triptych “Fantasy” (Čt 23–25), 1908
“Fugue”. From the diptych “Prelude. Fugue” (Čt 89), 1908
“Fortress (Fortress Fairy Tale)” (Čt 33), 1909
“Prelude (The Knight's Prelude)” (Čt 16), 1909
“Fantasy (The Demon)” (Čt 34), 1909
Cycle “Sonata No. 7 (Sonata of the Pyramids)” (Čt 4–5, No. 221), 1909
“Town” (Čg 131), 1906
“Prelude” (Čg 132), 1908
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Saturday Evening” (Čg 141), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Run, the Mowings” (Čg 142), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Dark Night Will Fall II” (Čg 144), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “On the Other Side of Nemunas IV” (Čg 148), 1909
“Sketch of a Castle” (Čg 9, p. 1), 1909
“Composition Sketch (City)” (Čg 52, p. 32), 1904/5
“Composition Sketch (City)” (Čg 33, p. 2), 1904/6
Sketches from the “City” series (Čg 5), 1906/7
Sketches from the “City” series (Čg 37, p. 1), 1906/7
Sketch for the painting “Fortress (Fortress Fairy Tale)” (Čg 10, p. 1), 1909
Sketch of “Fugue” for the triptych “Fantasy” (Čg 53, p. 23), 1908
“Sketch for a Composition” (Čg 13, p. 1), 1909
“Sketch for a Composition” (Čg 59), 1907
“Sketches for Compositions” (Čg 23, p. 1), 1904/6
“Sketch for a Composition (The Bell)” (Čg 42, p. 2), 1905
Sketch for the Scherzo of “Sonata I (Sonata of the Sun)” (Čg 58, p. 1), 1907
Postcard featuring the composition “The Rustling of the Forest” (Čl 35), 1903
Postcard with the composition “Danger” (Čl 33), 1904
Profiles-acollades. Piano draft of the symphonic poem “The Sea” (Čm 17), 1903

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