This exhibition explores key themes characteristic of the period between 1796 and 1917, including portraiture, landscape, history, and religion. It showcases significant artworks from the National Gallery Prague's collection that represent major examples of contemporary art from that era.
The exhibition '1796–1917: Art of the Long Century' delves into the pivotal artistic movements and themes that defined this extended period, with a focus on portraiture, landscape, historical narratives, and religious art. It brings together important works from the National Gallery Prague's collection, highlighting major examples of contemporary art from the era. Featured artists include Caspar David Friedrich, Lovis Corinth, Max Klinger, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, and Anton Romak, among others.
The exhibition also presents paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Edvard Munch, as well as artworks from the previously separate French Collection, such as pieces by Eugène Delacroix, Camille Corot, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, and André Derain. Complementing the paintings are sculptures by notable artists like Václav Levý, Josef Václav Myslbek, Josef Mařatka, Ladislav Šaloun, František Bílek, Stanislav Sucharda, Michael Powolny, Constantin Meunier, and Auguste Rodin, offering a comprehensive overview of the artistic landscape of the time.