Nežinomi Römerių Dinastijos Dailininkai
Unknown Artists Of The Römer Dynasty

Summary/Abstract: The family of the noblemen Römers is well known in Lithuania. The names of its most prominent representatives of the 19th and 20th century – the marshal of Vilnius Province and the burgomaster of Vilnius Mykolas Römeris, and his namesake lawyer, the rector of Vytautas Magnus University – have been permanently stamped upon the pages of the history of Lithuania. The 19th-century painters Edvardas Jonas Römeris and his sons Alfredas and Edvardas Matas are well-known as well. Still, there were more painters in the Römer family. Among them, it is only Ona Soltanaitë-Römerienë who is betterknown in Lithuania. Some ten years ago, Sofija Dembovskytë-Römerienë was „re-discovered“, whose youngest son arranged a series of exhibitions of her work in Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland. The new generation of the Römers no longer writes comprehensive diaries, still they have retained the tradition of collecting everything relating to the history of the family. The material gathered in the archives and collections of the Römers helped learning of the artists belonging to this family or related to it, who have been previuosly unknown or little-known.

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