Alphonse Mucha s Slav Epic Masterpiece, Explained
January 23, 2021 05:26 GMT
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With news that a probable home has been found for the Slav Epic, a series of masterworks by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, we take a look at what the paintings represent.
There have been years of legal wrangling between the city of Prague and the descendants of the artist Alphonse Mucha over his Slav Epic, a 20-painting sequence telling the story of the Slavic people. Now, an agreement finally appears to have been reached to house the work permanently in Prague.
Mucha gifted his masterpiece to Prague in 1928 with the proviso that an exhibition space had to be built to house the paintings some measuring more than 8 meters wide. That building never materialized. But the developer of a retail center scheduled to open in 2026 in central Prague has vowed to build a space for the epic to be displayed.
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