In 1949 Kasiulis held his first personal exhibition in Paris. In 1950 well-known Parisian gallerist Christian-Gilbert Stiebel pas offered to organise a large personal Kasiulis’ exhibition. All the works at the exhibition were sold. Ch-G. Stiebelis and V. Kasiulis signed a cooperation agreement and held Kasiulis’ works exhibitions in Paris every year.
V. Kasiulis became one of few Lithuanian artists who gained recognition in worldwide art scene. Paris and New York Modern Art Museums, France, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, Australia and other countries’ galleries and collectors hold Kasiulis artworks, justly called by art critics one of the most interesting twentieth century (second half) Parisian school artists.
Art researcher Laima Bialopetraviciene
V. Kasiulis is buries in Paris de Pantin cemetery. Artist’s legacy is around 1500 oil on canvas paintings, 950 pastels, 200 gouache, around 50 litographs.
Vytautas Kasiulis’ artworks were exhibited in goup exhibitions in Lithuania:
‘‘Lithuanians in Paris” (Pr. Gailius, V. Kasiulis, N. Arbitblatas, A. Moncys, Z. Miksys) M. Zilinskas Art Gallery in Kaunas, 2010 (organisers – Edvidas Zukas, Valdas Papievis).
”World Lithuanians in Paris 20th century 2nd half” (Pr. Gailius, N. Arbitblatas, V. Kasiulis, A. Moncys, Z. Miksys), Kaunas College Justinas Vienozinskis Arts Faculty Gallery, 2013 (organisers – Edvidas Zukas, Valdas Papievis).
In June 2013 in Vilnius opened Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum where all creative periods of Kasiulis are presented in retrospect. Kasiulis’ collection of 596 artworks – oil paintings, pastels, watercolour and gouache paintings, drawings and sketches, exhibition’s posters, personal things and archive – was donated to Lithuania by artist’s wife Brone Kasiuliene.