Mucha spent many years working on what he considered his life's fine art masterpiece, The Slav Epic (Slovanská epopej), a series of twenty huge paintings depicting the history of the Czech and the Slavic people in general, bestowed to the city of Prague in 1928. He had wanted to complete a series such as this, a celebration of Slavic history, since he was young. Since 1963 the series has been on display in the chateau in Moravsky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. After a heated battle - the works were recently moved and are now displayed at the Veletrzni Palace in Prague.
If you are in Prague - you need to visit this exhibit of Muchas works they are amazing to see up close and in person. It is easy to see why it too him 15 years to complete these large canvases. They tower over you. Together they overwhelm your visual senses and fill the museum space. I was really impressed by these works.
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