Publication details
Moravská národní galerie : 194 let od založení
| Title in English | National Gallery of Moravia : 194 years since its foundation |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Exposition |
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| Description | The unusual exhibition which came to being on the occasion of this year’s fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Moravian Gallery in Brno will raise visitors’ awareness regarding two principal subjects. The first part of the exhibition will take visitors to the very beginnings and predecessors of today’s MG - the development of the art collections of the Francis Museum in Brno from its inception in 1817 roughly to the end of the 19th century and the collections of the Museum of Applied Arts in Brno from its foundation in 1873. A time axis will show the most important historical events of the two institutions that laid down the foundations of the present Moravian Gallery in Brno. The second part of the National Gallery of Moravia illustrates the different phases in the search for a Moravian identity from the 18th to roughly the mid-20th century, and is divided into several thematic sections: A History of Moravia in Pictures, German Artists in Moravia and Silesia, Moravian Landscape in Art, Scenes from the Life of the Moravian People, Brno as the Centre of Modern Art. Through the imposing 253 exhibits (paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, glass, tapestries, furniture, textile, ceramics...), representing a cross-section of virtually all the departments of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, visitors will learn about the history of the institution and see various pictures from Moravian history and culture. |