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The historic pine tree of Mikolaj Konstantinas Čiurlionis

 

The exhibit ‘Pine Tree at Druskonis’ of the photography exhibition ‘Old Druskininkai’ (photography by M. K. Čiurlionis House-Museum)

The picturesque areas of Southern Dzūkija are the home of the large family of organist Konstantinas Čiurlionis and Adele Čiurlionienė.

When the Čiurlionis moved from Ratnytsia to Druskininkai, they had no home of their own for a long time and rented an apartment from the resort’s permanent residents. The family lived for a while in the house, which they later bought and which is now the M.K. Čiurlionis House-Museum.

The memories of Jadvyga and Valerija Čiurlionytis refer to the family home by the Druskonis Lake, which their parents rented for almost two decades. Although you won’t see this modest tree house today, you can touch the historic pine tree that commemorates the life of the Čiurlionis family by the lake. “There was a very strange pine tree that grew near our cottages. Its thick roots were curiously spread out on the ground, forming a kind of stool. Our brother Mikalojus Konstantinas often liked to sit on this ‘stool’ in the evenings to watch the sunset on the other side of the lake. You will easily find the pine tree “running” down the hill, its roots sticking out of the ground like a “candelabra” will catch your attention.

After working as an organist in the churches of Liškiava, Stara Varena and Ratnytsia, Konstantinas Čiurlionis worked in the old church of Druskininkai for as long as twenty-eight years (1878-1906).

Information prepared by Aušra Česnulevičienė