Jul 16 2008
Prague National galleries
The eight parcels of the National gallery of Prague how to get there and what expositions to see.
If you are coming to visit Prague and you are interested in art, especially modern art, then you can’t absolutely miss the National Gallery of Prague. It contains not only work from Czech artists but also international artist like Holbein, Dürer, Bruegel, Rubens, van Dyck, El Greco, Goya, Gaugin, van Gogh, Picasso and Braque. The Sternberg Palace is the building of the National Gallery, exhibiting European art from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries except for works by Czech artists, which are housed in St George’s Convent. The collection integrates a bright selection of master works by artists including.
A corporation, which received the title Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts, then recognized two important institutions which Prague had, up until then, lacked: the Academy of Fine Arts and the publicly accessible
Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts. The Picture Gallery started to be a direct predecessor of, what is today, the National Gallery in Prague.
The Picture Gallery was in 1902, accompanied by yet another significant institution, the Modern Gallery of the Kingdom of Bohemia, as a private foundation of Emperor Franz Joseph I. The Modern Gallery started then to build its core collection of 20th century art.
Until today, since its beginning it has never ceased to represent the Czech artistic spirit and to to elevate the nation’s spirit through works of art. This model is measured as the mission of the National Gallery even today. Art in the the Czech Republic followed the same general lines of development as that of Western Europe, but with an underlying layer of Slavic spirituality - witness the moody landscapes of Jan Preisler, the
mind-blowing abstracts of Frantisek Kupka and the meditative canvases of Vladimir Kokolia, to name just a few.
There are 7 different places, besides the Schwerzenberg Palace where you can find the permanent exhibitions of the National Gallery. The St. George’s Convent has an exhibition of Mannerist and Baroque Art in Bohemia, this convent is located next to the Prague Castle, where you will find many great Prague Hotels with amazing view to the Castles and its suronfdings. The Veletržní Palace shows an exhibition of 19th-century art in Bohemia currently located in the exhibition of 19th-century art in Bohemia currently located in the Veletržní Palace, the closes station is in the red line and it is called Vltavska.
There is also the Zbraslav Chateau where you will find a magnificent exhibition of Asian art, a collection of Japan’s art, The Rainer Kreissl Collection, Art of China, Art of Southeast Asia, Art of Tibet, Art of India, Art of Islam and The Art of Korea. The closes subway station is Malostranská or you can get the following trams 12, 20, 22, and 23. The Sternberg Place exhibits the exposition of European Art from the Classical Era to the close of the Baroque. It is located in Hradcanské nám being the best trams the number 22 or 23.
Other part of the exposition is located in the Convent of the St. Agnes of Bohemia and exhibits Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe. It is located in the street Na Frantisku and you can get the tram 5 or 14 to get there.
The Kinsky Placa has a rich collection of paintings of Landscape in Czech Art and it is located in the heart of Prague in Staromestske Námestí served with the subway line of the same name. The last is the House at the Black Madonna wish is the museum of the Czech Cubism, located in the Ovocny Street very close to Staromestske Námesti.
This rich combination of all of this different kinds of art all over Prague are a must of the city.