Gilles Vuillard is a painter and a film maker. He was born in France and has worked in many places including Italy, Georgia, Iceland, Chile, the Azores, Easter Island, New York, Paris, Berlin... The way he depicts field studies in his paintings is like that of an anthropologist. Consequently, Gilles painted some houses in a portion of Zaliakalnis, and a certain amount of wooden synagogues. All his analog films, as many of his recent paintings, are connected to psychoanalysis and paleoanthropology.
Gilles has exhibited in Paris, Berlin, Vilnius, Kaunas... The Vilnius Gaon Museum and Kaunas' Choral Synagogue Museum hold some of Vuillard's paintings in their collections. From December 13, 2025 to January 28, 2026, the Ivanauskas Museum in Kaunas displays Gilles' most recent paintings. Lithuania's wood architecture cycle, which began twenty years ago, has reached a colorful expressionist moment.
About this artwork+
The painting depicts a nighttime scene of a rustic two-story building colored in deep greens with vibrant blue trim around the windows. A sparse layer of snow covers the surrounding ground and roofs, suggesting a cold, winter setting. One strikingly tall, thin light pole stands prominently in the foreground, illuminating portions of the scene. The road in front of the building is paved with cobblestones, and the area is devoid of visible human activity, adding to the solitude of the scene. Adding contrast, the trees around the building are bare and twisted, rendered with bright, almost glowing red branches that stand out against the dark sky, which subtly hints at more structures in the background. The overall atmosphere is quiet and slightly eerie, accented by muted details and dim, selective lighting.
