The exhibition “At the Origins of Abstraction (1800–1914)” (French "Aux Origines de l’Abstraction (1800 – 1914)") was held at the Musée d’Orsay (Paris) from November 5, 2003, to February 22, 2004. The exhibition included works by Frantisek Kupka, André Derain, William Turner, Paul Signac, Caspar David Friedich, Claude Monet, Odilon Redon, James McNeill Whistler, Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Delaunay, Francis Picabia. More than 150 artworks were exhibited.

The exhibition featured 12 works by M. K. Čiurlionis:

“Fugue” from the diptych “Prelude. Fugue” (Čt 89), 1908
The cycle “Sonata No. 5 (Sonata of the Sea)” (Čt 12–14), 1908
“Lithuanian Graveyard” (Čt 7), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Dark Night Will Fall” (Čg 140), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Saturday Evening” (Čg 141), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Dark Night Will Fall” (Čg 145), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “When We Were Growing Up” (Čg 146), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “On the Yonder Side of Nemunas” (Čg 149), 1909
Sketch for the diptych “Prelude. Fugue” in album (Čg 53), 1907/8
Piano score for the symphonic poem “The Sea” (Čm 17, p.00917), 1903–7

Exhibition catalog

Musée d’Orsay information

Detailed description of the exhibition

Exhibitions

At the Origins of Abstraction (1800–1914)

Musical Analogies. Kandinsky and His Contemporaries