Čiurlionis liked to paint in the open air, but only a small portion of his studies and paintings directly depict the actual landscapes he saw before him. Most of them are generalized landscapes or essential ideas portrayed by wiping out all unnecessary detail.

“Mists” reflects the artists' impressions from a plein air session in Istebna (Subcarpathia). These impressions make appearances in several other pieces of his artwork from the time. The picture depicts cool-coloured mountains covered in mist, with images of the woods and the hillside visible in patches.

"Mists" was exhibited at these exhibitions:

"M. K. Čiurlionis: The Inner Constellation" at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, (Japan), March 28th – June 14th, 2026;
"Beyond Heaven and Earth" at the Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen (Netherlands), February 24th – June 8th, 2024;
"M. K. Čiurlionis: Lithuanian Tale" at the at the International Cultural Center in Kraków (Poland), 15th October, 2015 - 31st January, 2016;
"M. K. Čiurlionis (1875-1911): Dreaming of Lithuania" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent (Belgium), 21st September - 15th December, 2013;
"Čiurlionis and His Time in Lithuanian Art" at the KUMU Art Museum in Tallinn (Estonia), 30th April - 8th August 8, 2010;
"Dialogues of Colors and Sounds: The Art of M. K. Čiurlionis and His Contemporaries" at the National Art Gallery in Vilnius (Lithuania), 20th June - 23rd August, 2009

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