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Czechs TodayKatka Garcia – Alfons Mucha’s cosmopolitan great-granddaughter
Katka Garcia, as her name suggests, is half Czech and half Spanish, with a
bit of Russian thrown in. In addition to that she sings traditional music
from Ireland and Scotland. She currently lives in Dublin and teaches
Spanish at Trinity College and occasionally comes to Prague to perform with
her fellow musicians. I caught up with her during her last visit.
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Current AffairsGrandson of Alphonse Mucha hoping Slav Epic will finally find permanent home in Prague
Alphonse Mucha’s Art Nouveau paintings are among the most instantly
recognisable works in Czech art. He himself considered the Slav Epic, a
series of huge paintings depicting the history of the Slav peoples, his
greatest achievement, though it has not had the happiest of fates. Mucha
donated it to Prague in 1928, on condition that the city build it a
dedicated
home. Eighty years later, his grandson John Mucha says he is at a loss as
to why the artist’s wish has still not been fulfilled. More
Current AffairsPrague's Mucha Museum welcomes its millionth visitor
Prague's Mucha Museum - dedicated to the life and work of the
world-renowned Czech artist Alphonse Mucha - received its millionth
visitor this week. The museum was opened in January 1998 and is the most
frequently visited private museum in the Czech capital.
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Current AffairsMucha's masterpiece may be in Prague by 2008
The Art Nouveau "Slav Epic" is considered the magnum opus of the
artist Alfons Mucha. But for decades the paintings have been housed
"temporarily" in a chateau in a small Moravian village which is
difficult to reach. The city of Prague has long wished to build a home for
the paintings, and a spokesman now says construction of a permanent gallery
could start in a little more than a year.
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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.
That will now change. More
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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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.
More
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