František Kupka: A Master of 20th-Century Art at Museum Kampa Permanent Exhibition

This permanent exhibition at Museum Kampa showcases the significant collection of works by František Kupka, a pivotal figure in 20th-century art. It traces his evolution towards non-figurative art through paintings and studies, highlighting his analysis of painting elements like line, surface, and color.

The permanent exhibition dedicated to František Kupka (1871–1957), a seminal figure in 20th-century art, forms a crucial part of the Jan and Meda Mládek collection at Museum Kampa. This exhibition chronologically presents Kupka’s artistic trajectory from the mid-1890s to the 1950s, offering deep insights into his concentrated analysis of individual painting elements such as line, surface, light values, and color. It notably illustrates his development of the concept of color planes and their application in structuring a painting's surface. While Museum Kampa holds a significant collection, particularly focusing on Kupka's early path to abstraction, the exhibition is enriched by several additional paintings from public and private collections. These additions primarily cover the 1920s and 1930s, periods less emphasized in Meda Mládek's own collecting activities. Over seventy works are displayed, including masterpieces from the Museum Kampa collection such as 'Amorfa – Warm Chromatic' (1912), 'The Cathedral' (1912–1913), and 'The Form of Yellow' (1919–1923), alongside key works borrowed from other collections like 'The Bookworm' (1897), 'Distillation Apparatus' (1929), and 'Plan Violet' (1954).

This is a permanent exhibition. Visitor information regarding admission and ticketing should be sought through the museum's general visit details, as specific exhibition ticketing is not detailed on this page.