The origins of the circle date back to literary gatherings hosted by Juozas Eretas[5] and Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas from 1924 to 1926.
Putinas sought to create a more liberal alternative to the conservative line of the faculty of theology-philosophy and Lithuanian Catholic culture in general.
[4] The gatherings lacked formality and strict convention,[7] as the members feared it would impact creative thinking.
Literature and academic life, as well as Catholic culture and aesthetic modernism (avant-garde, neo-romanticism, existentialism) were present in the works of the members.
Putinas especially held Vytautas Mačernis, Mamertas Indriliūnas, and Bronius Krivickas in high regard.
[4] In 1947 the art circle was restored in Germany under the initiative of Vincas Kazokas [lt] and Antanas Maceina, as well as others.