Current Affairs Loss of Mucha art work likely to hit small Moravian town hard

21-07-2010 13:55 | Sarah Borufka

Parts of Czech painter Alphonse Mucha’s work the Slav Epic will be carefully crated up on Monday as movers start taking it from its current home in the town of Moravský Krumlov to Prague. The late artist’s family is against this step, and is still fighting a legal battle in an effort to block it. But what significance does the loss of the 20-canvass masterpiece have for the small town of Moravský Krumlov, which has housed it since the 1950s?

The Slav Epic in Moravský Krumlov The Slav Epic in Moravský Krumlov   Back

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