National Gallery Prague marks centenary of its French art collection

The National Gallery in Prague will commemorate 100 years since the purchase of a major collection of French art with an international conference due to take place on November 2 and 3 at the convent of Saint Agnes.

The collection, acquired by the Czechoslovak government in 1923 for five million crowns, includes several dozen works by artists such as Georges Braque, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.

Today the entire collection comprises over 260 works of art. It is one of the most important art collections in Czechia and one of the best collections of French art outside France.