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This week in Mailbox: Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr; the origin of
the name Hybernska Street; 'Slav Epic' by Alfons Mucha; street crime in
Prague. Listeners quoted: Constantin Liviu Viorel, Romania; Stuart
Paterson, UK; Steve Scott; Nicole Buckler, Ireland.
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Current AffairsPrague approves plan for new Mucha pavilion
On Tuesday, Prague city councillors officially approved plans for a new
pavilion to be built just within Prague's Stromovka Park. An ultra-modern
structure, the building has been planned for
one reason: to house a famous series of paintings created by Czech art
nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, the Slav Epic. Completed in 1928, the
series celebrates the mythical beginnings and legendary milestones in Slav
history. Remarkably, until now the series has lacked a 'permanent' home.
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SpecialGeraldine Mucha: still composing at 88 and guarding the legacy of the most famous painter in Czech history
Even if you have never heard of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha, you will
almost certainly have seen his work. He is probably the defining artist of
the Art Nouveau period at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the
wonderfully lush and expressive posters he designed in Paris - most
famously of the actress Sarah Bernhardt - have been reproduced many times
the world over. Today Alfons Mucha's works are in the loving care of his
grandson John and daughter-in-law, Geraldine Mucha, here in Prague.
Geraldine is an accomplished and internationally respected composer, and
at 88 is still hard at work, living in the beautiful and romantically
impractical 18th century flat which has been her home for most of the last
50 years. But how did she, as a Scot, come to settle in Prague, living
through some of the most dramatic events of the second half of the 20th
century? Over the next twenty minutes she tells her amazing story in
conversation with Patricia Goodson.
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Czech MusicEncore: Geraldine Mucha: still composing at 88 and guarding the legacy of the most famous painter in Czech history
Even if you have never heard of the Czech artist Alfons Mucha, you will
almost certainly have seen his work. He is probably the defining artist of
the Art Nouveau period at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the
wonderfully lush and expressive posters he designed in Paris - most
famously of the actress Sarah Bernhardt - have been reproduced many times
the world over. Today Alfons Mucha's works are in the loving care of his
grandson John and daughter-in-law, Geraldine Mucha, here in Prague.
Geraldine is an accomplished and internationally respected composer, and
at 88 is still hard at work, living in the beautiful and romantically
impractical 18th century flat which has been her home for most of the last
50 years. But how did she, as a Scot, come to settle in Prague, living
through some of the most dramatic events of the second half of the 20th
century? Over the next twenty minutes she tells her amazing story in
conversation with Patricia Goodson.
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ArtsMucha's works for World Exhibition 1900 exhibited in Prague
A new exhibition is underway at Prague's Municipal House, featuring works by the famous Czech Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha. Although Mucha has his own museum in Prague, the pictures exhibited in the Municipal House were borrowed from abroad and this is a unique opportunity for Czech art lovers to see them.
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Current Affairs Mucha's works for World Exhibition 1900 exhibited at Municipal House
A new exhibition is underway in Prague's Municipal House, featuring works by the famous Czech Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha. Although Mucha has his own museum in Prague, the pictures exhibited in the Municipal House were borrowed from abroad and this is a unique opportunity for Czech art lovers to see them. Alena Skodova was at the opening ceremony and has this report:
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Czechs in HistoryAlfons Mucha
And now it's time for this week's edition of Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous figures in the history of the Czech Lands. Today, Nick Carey paints a portrait of Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha...
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