The Czech Centres and the National Gallery Prague (NGP) present their joint project Highlights from the National Gallery Prague introducing selected works from the NGP collections in eleven videos.
This cooperation was initiated by the Czech Centres seeking a succinct and visually powerful on-line project related to visual arts and the Czech milieu. The CC therefore invited the NGP to become a partner in a project introducing a representative selection of artworks from the NGP collections, displaying rich and diverse creations of Czech artists and outstanding works closely linked to the local cultural milieu. All the episodes are presented by art historian Veronika Wolf.
The videos will be made available every Monday starting on 13 September until the end of November here as well as on Czech House Jerusalem Facebook.
Episodes:
13 September Unknown Author (Votive panel of Jan Očko of Vlašim)
20 September Albrecht Dürer (The Virgin of the Feast of the Rosary or Celebration of the Rosary)
27 September Artists of Rudolf II Roelandt Savery (The garden of Eden)
4 October Karel Škréta (Portrait of the Gem-Cutter Dionysius Miseroni and His Family)
18 October The French Collection and Auguste Renoir (Lovers)
22 November Toyen (Summer)
Veronika Wolf Veronika Wolf graduated in the History of Art from Palacky University Olomouc. She also studied Italian art at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and art law at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. She has previously worked at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, lived for several years in London and, prior to joining the National Gallery Prague as Director of External Affairs, was Director of The Lobkowicz Collections in Prague. Veronika has given lectures at universities in London and Paris, and at museums in Berlin, Moscow, and Singapore.
ABOUT NATIONAL GALLERY The National Gallery Prague holds the largest art collection in the Czech Republic. In its six buildings, it presents works of art ranging from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque up to the modern and contemporary periods. The project Highlights from the National Gallery Prague aims to show the richness and diversity of works of art by Czech artists and also works of art connected with the Czech cultural milieu. It introduces the panel paintings from the period of Emperor Charles IV, favourite works and artists of Emperor Rudolph II, and Czech artists from the close of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century who made a significant impact abroad – Alfons Mucha, František Kupka, Toyen, Emil Orlik.
