Vilnius photos by artist Saulius Paukstys link history and present at Tbilisi History Museum

A "time machine" exhibition linking the past and the future in photographs of architectural sights of Lithuania's capital Vilnius by prominent photographer Saulius Paukštys will open at the Tbilisi History Museum on Wednesday.

Printed using the iconic Van Dyke brown technique, the artist's works "create a unique experience" bringing together historical buildings through a "present-day testimony of photography", a release by the Georgian National Museum network said.

In the display, architectural sites and compositions from the medieval era are shown through the printing technology utilised by the artist but first patented in all the way back in 1895.

The treatment involves ferric ammonium citrate, silver nitrate and tartaric acid, used to create a coating for a canvas under printing. The covered canvas is then exposed to ultraviolet light and has a brown hue after it is printed.

Visitors view photographs at the Karvasla venue in Tbilisi. Photo: Georgian National Museum.

The technique has been named after Anthony van Dyck, a 17th century Flemish Baroque painter who worked as the principal court artist for King Charles I of England.

Regarded as one of the prominent Lithuanian postmodern photographers, Saulius Paukštys organised displays of young artists of photography in Lithuania in the late 1980s.

He also taught at the Vilnius Academy of Arts and co-founded the Department of Photography and Video Art at the school.

Paukštys has worked in advertising photography and is known for novel artistic projects in his country, from a photo studio in old town of Vilnius to creating a sculpture homage to famed American musical artist Frank Zappa.

The Scenes of Vilnius - Van Dyke Brown Prints will be on display at the Tbilisi History Museum, also known as Karvasla, between June 12-18.