Josef Mánes: Man ⁠–⁠ Artist ⁠–⁠ Legend

Josef Mánes is one of the most important Czech artists of the 19th century. His oeuvre is characterised by its extraordinary breadth and quality ⁠–⁠ it includes works intended for public space and works of a distinctly intimate character; works that are timeless and works that are quite topical; images, landscapes, allegories; canvases, drawings, and prints. The exhibition presents the key areas of Mánes’ work and complements them with comparative material covering both the work of his Czech contemporaries and foreign artists who influenced the Czech environment. The overall picture is completed by excerpts from Mánes’s correspondence, texts of his time, photographs and, last but not least, information about new discoveries made during the restoration research of Mánes’s works.