Current Affairs Mucha family keeps up the fight to build the Slav Epic a home
When the artist Alfons Mucha died in 1939, he left his masterpiece of 20 canvases entitled the Slav Epic, to the City of Prague – but on the condition that an appropriate space be built for it. This has not happened to date and now the city would like to remove the work from the chateau in Moravský Krumlov where it is currently housed and install it in Prague’s Veletržní Palác. The Mucha family, however, is opposed, and is filing for an injunction against the city to keep the paintings where they are until they are given a permanent residence. Earlier today, we spoke with the head of the Mucha Foundation and grandson of the celebrated Art Nouveau painter, John Mucha, and asked him to explain why he is seeking to stop the city from moving the work.
The Slav Epic in Moravský Krumlov
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