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8 Trade Fair Palace
Veletržní Palác
The National Gallery in Prague opened its museum of
20th- and 21st-century art in 1995, housed in a reconstruction
of a former Trade Fair building of 1929. Since 2000, it has also
housed a 19th-century collection. Its vast, skylit spaces make
an ideal backdrop for the paintings, which range from French
19th-century art and superb examples of Impressionism and
Post-Impressionism, to works by Munch, Klimt, Picasso and
Miró, as well as a splendid collection of Czech modern Grand Meal (1951–5)
Mikuláš Medek’s works range
art. The collection is subject to rearrangement from post-war Surrealism
so the location of artworks may change. to 1960s Abstraction.
Fourth Floor

Cubist Bust (1913–14)
Otto Gutfreund was one of the first
artists to apply the principles of Cubism
to sculpture, and this work marks his
move towards abstract art.
Third
Floor

St Sebastian (1912)
This self-portrait by Bohumil
Kubišta takes its inspiration
from the martyrdom of St
Sebastian, who was persecuted
by being bound to a tree and
Cleopatra (1942–57) shot with arrows.
This painting by Jan Zrzavý, a major
representative of Czech modern art,
took the artist 45 years to complete
and is his best-known piece. Key
Czech Art 1900–1930
19th- and 20th-century French Art
Czech Art 1930–present day
Pomona (1910) 20th-century Foreign Art
Aristide Maillol was a pupil of
Rodin. This work is part of an Temporary exhibition space
exceptional collection of bronzes. Non-exhibition space

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