Painter Barbora Didžiokiene (born as Varvara Gorochova – 12/12/1896-18/08/1976) met - 16 years old - Vladas Didžiokas - drawing teacher in St. Petersburg. After their marriage they moved to Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania at the time. Vladas Didžiokas' died in 1942 and Barbora moved to a small village of Dovainonys near Kaunas. She spent the rest of her life working as a drawing teacher in a school in Rumšiškes and writing her memoirs. This book is about her life in St. Petersburg and Kaunas (until 1921), it includes photos of her life and reproductions of works from the National Ciurlionis gallery. She called herself ‘little painter’, because her husband Vladas was more known in Kaunas society. Vladas did not accept her aspiration to be a painter and obstructed her in various ways. A second part of memoirs is expected in the future.
Kunstwerk van gekleurde blokken van Sonia Delaunay. Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) werd in de Oekraïne geboren. Vanaf 1905 werkte zij in Frankrijk. Ze schilderde en ontwierp onder meer textiel, kleding en decor.