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The museum team and the Savickai family
On February 13, the exhibition “Generations and Destinies” was opened at the museum’s Tolerance Center. The exhibition is dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Algirdas Savickis – the brother of the Lithuanian art patriarch Augustinas Savickas – who tragically died in the Kaunas Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Ramunė Savickaitė-Meškėlienė
The exhibition was opened by the director of the museum, Markas Zingeris, who spoke about the extraordinary story of the Savick(i)ai family.
“The older and the younger generations of the family of the Lithuanian art patriarch, Augustinas Savickas, are related not only by a palette and a brush. They are related by dramatic turns of destiny, closely connected to the Lithuanian history. They are also related by Jews and Lithuanians and by their clipped wings”, M. Zingeris said.
Savickai family members, Raimondas and Ramunė,addressed the audience.
Raimondas Savickas and Ramunė Savickaitė-Meškėlienė
“I got to know Algirdas Savickis through my grandfather, Augustinas Savickas. His memories were full of love, affection and longing. Grandpa also appreciated his brother through the prism of creativity. If the sad events in the Kaunas Ghetto had not happened, perhaps Algirdas Savickis could have become a famous artist”, Ramunė Savickaitė-Meškėlienė said.
Meanwhile the special guest of the opening event, parliamentarian Emanuelis Zingeris, spoke about the uniqueness of the first Lithuania’s independence.
“Our parents and grandparents were Western people. They could fall in love with each other regardless of origin, simply by looking each other at the eyes and trusting each other”, E. Zingeris said.
During the screening, excerpts from documentaries by Vytautas Damaševičius and Juozas Matonis about the brothers Algirdas and Augustinas were shown and three musical pieces were performed by the famous pianist Vytautas Paukštelis.
Pianist Viktoras Paukštelis
Guests of the opening event
The exhibition “Generations and Destinies” will be open to the public until May 21, 2017 at the museum’s Tolerance Center (Naugarduko St. 10/2, Vilnius).
Curator of the exhibition – Ieva Šadzevičienė
Artist of the exhibition – Aleksandra Jacovskytė
Photo credit: Paulius Račiūnas and Simas Olišauskas
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