The centenary of the Baltic states was visited by more than 236,000 people at the Musée d'Orsay

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The Centenary of the Baltic States Exhibition "Uncontaminated Souls The LETA was informed by the communication specialist of the National Art Museum of Latvia, Kristīne Lāce

.The exhibition was exhibited in Paris from April 10 to July 15 and met on average every day 3000 visitors Exhibition "Ames uncontaminated. The symbolism in the Baltic States "was designed with the aim of presenting to the French public the art of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art, which became the turn of the 19th and 20th century until the 19th century. the year 1918, when the state became independent.The main idea of ​​the project was to reveal to Western Europe that the art of the future Baltic states was d & # 39; a high professional level and its peculiarities were part of the overall European artistic performance.

The structure of the exhibition consisted of three sections: Myths and Legends, where viewers could see 167 works of the LNMM, the museum of Estonian art, the Lithuanian National Art Museum and the collections of the National Art Museum Nicholas Constantine Churlon Sixty Exhibitions – 51 works (paintings, watercolors, pastels, drawings, shows, lithographs, sculptures) and nine periodicals covering the period 18 90 to the twentieth century will be proved by the success of the School of Letters in the development of symbolic language. Separate works from the 1930s

The painting "Paysanne" by Johann Valter (1869-1932) was chosen as a sign of the visual identity of the exhibition. The works of Latvian authors Jan Rozentāls, Vilhelms Purvītis, Rūdolfs Pērles, Peteris Krastiņš, Gustava Šķiltera, Teodora Udera, Teodora Zalkonka and other contemporaries were also presented in the exhibition

a diversified cultural program that inspired the music of the Balts. , to appreciate the talent of Gedona Kremer, leader of the famous violinist Kremerata Baltica, as well as to understand the history of the Baltic states, listening to the life story of the former Latvian president Vaira Vike -Freiberga. Andris Nelson, twice winner of a Grammy Award, and vocal group "a cappella" "Latvian Voices" have brought together the intonations of different ethnic music with traditional elements of choral music and pop music.

a joint project of the art museums – the exhibition "The uncontaminated souls.The symbolism in the Baltic countries" reached its goal, reminding us in a rebaduring way the Baltic place in Europe, and proves that the art of these countries in the 19th-20th century was at a high professional level and that its features were part of the European artistic performance "., Ginta Gerharde-Upeniece, Head of the Visual Arts Department of the LNMM [19659006] The exhibition was started in 2015, but work on its development is ongoing since 2016. In cooperation with France, the Ministry of Culture, the Latvian State Centenary Office, the four National Museums of the three Baltic States, the Embbady of France and the French Institute in Latvia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the Embbadies of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in France

souls Symbolism in the Baltic States s "is a transcriber and author of the concept is an internationally known scholar of European symbolism, the author of several books and articles, the director of many exhibitions Rhodolph badti

From October 12 to February 3, 2019 l & # 39; exhibition will be exhibited at the Estonian Museum of Art "Kumu". Later, it is planned in Vilnius and Riga.