Ramunė Savickaitė
ramune.savickaite[at]vda.lt
Art historian
Research interests: 19th-century architecture; manor culture; Romanticism in art and architecture.
Ramunė Savickaitė is a Junior Researcher at the Institute of Art Research of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Her work focuses on the history of 19th-century architecture, cultural transformations of the 18th–early 19th centuries, the theory and intellectual foundations of Romantic architecture, and the development and significance of landscape parks.
She holds an MA in Art History and Theory from the Vilnius Academy of Arts and, since 2024, has been pursuing a PhD in Art History at the same institution. Her dissertation, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dalia Klajumienė, is titled “Romanticism in the Architecture of Lithuanian Manors: A Multifaceted Relationship with the Past.”
Curatorial projects
Exhibition “Florentempus” (together with Agne Jonikaitė-Stonkuvienė, Aistė Bimbirytė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Joana Vitkutė, Danutė Menkutė), Clock and Watch Museum, 2024.
Exhibition “Florentem” (together with Aistė Bimbirytė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Joana Vitkutė), Vilnius Picture Gallery, 2023–2024.
Exhibition “Old Masters at the Ukrainian Museums. The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts. Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery” (together with Aistė Bimbirytė, Anna Lehedza, Anastasia Matselo, Skaistis Mikulionis, Dalia Tarandaitė, Joana Vitkutė, Olena Zhivkova), Vilnius Picture Gallery, 2023
Raimonda Savicks personal exhibition “Faces and Images”, Savickas Picture Gallery, 2022
Coordinated Exhibitions
“Cosmic Choir: Depicting Nature from Dürer to Rubens,” curated by Tomas Riklius, Church Heritage Museum, 2025.
Aurelija Maknytė, paroda-meninė instaliacija „Kunstkamera“, LNDM Paveikslų galerija, 2023.
Įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių personalinės ir grupinės parodos, Savicko paveikslų galerija, 2012–2022.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Scholarly peer-reviewed articles
„Pastato kaip gyvo organizmo idėja: vitališkumas kunigaikščių Wittgensteinų rezidencijose Verkiuose ir Sayne“, in: Kultūros paminklai, 2025 Nr. 28, p. 79–90.
Ramunė Savickaitė, „The Influence of Botanical Science on the Development of Gardens and Parks in Lithuania“, in: Florentem, edited by Aistė Bimbirytė and Joana Vitkutė, Vilnius: Lithuanian National Museum of Art, 2025, p. 18–47, p. 120–145.
Scholarly publications in non-peer-reviewed journals
„Praeities ženklai Pagryžuvyje: parkas kaip romantinės vaizduotės forma“, in: Krantai , 2025 Nr. 2, p. 66–71.
“Nuo Verkių iki Sayno: XIX a. gyvenimo Verkiuose atspindžiai Sayno rūmų muziejaus kolekcijoje”, in: Krantai, 2023 Nr. 4, p. 54–59.
“Kalbantys interjerai: Verkių dvaro rūmai”, in: Krantai, 2022 Nr. 1, p. 38–43.
“Nuo Verkių iki Mon Abri: Leonillos Bariatinskajos Sayn-Wittgenstein dienoraštis”, in: Krantai, 2021 Nr. 2, p. 17–21.
Other publications
“Melsvasis vienišumas: Pablo Pikaso kūrybinis etapas”, in: Mūsų žodis [The Lithuanian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired], 2020 Nr. 11.
Conferences
“Romantizmo dvasia Lietuvos dvarų architektūroje” [The Spirit of Romanticism in Lithuanian Manor Architecture], public lecture delivered at the Vilnius Picture Gallery of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, 11 November 2025.
Presentation „Fulgentas Rimgaila, Architect of Pagryžuvys Manor House: Influences and Trends“, presented at the international academic conference “History, Culture, and Heritage of Manors in Central and Eastern Europe”, organized by the V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute of Vytautas Magnus University, held in Kaunas and Panemunė Castle on April 24–26, 2025.
Presentation “Kalbantys interjerai: Verkių dvaro rūmai”, at conference “Verkių dvaro kaita istorijoje”, organized by the Pavilnių ir Verkių regioninių parkų direkcija, 2021.
Creative activities
Personal and group painting exhibitions, international symposiums, plein airs, other artistic activities.
Clothing and graphic design projects. Historical costume reconstructions.
Pedagogical activities: Flower painting course; education, creative workshops.
Research Trips
Research traineeship at The Warburg Institute, University of London, United Kingdom, 2026.
