Highlights from the National Gallery

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 Czech Centres 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.

Individual works could be discovered through the online activities of the Czech Centres in Japan, Korea, Greece, Belgium, Ukraine, Russia, France, the Netherlands, Georgia, Israel, Austria, Spain and the USA. The project is also used in the network of Czech embassies.

Parts of the Cycle

The videos are available on the YouTube platform in the profile of the National Gallery Prague.

• Emperor Charles IV and The Votive Panel of Jan Očko of Vlašim

• Albrecht Dürer (Feast of the Rose Garlands)

• Artists of Emperor Rudolph II’s era – Roelandt Savery, Paradise

• Karel Škréta (Portrait of the Gem-Cutter Dionysius Miseroni and His Family)

• Petr Brandl (Simeon with the Infant Jesus)

• The French Collection and Auguste Renior (Lovers)

• Gustav Klimt (Virgin)

• Alfons Mucha (Gismonda)

• Japonisme in Czech art and Emil Orlik (Model)

• František Kupka, Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colours; Ballad (Joys of Life)

• Toyen (Summer, Horror)

Partner

• Contact: Anna Hrabáčková, hrabackova@czechcentres.cz