Modern Arts Gallery (Hradec Králové)

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Modern Arts Gallery

The Modern Art Gallery in Hradec Králové ( Czech Gallery moderního umění v Hradci Králové ) is an art gallery in Hradec Králové . The listed Art Nouveau exhibition building was built according to the designs of the architect Osvald Polívka with the partial assistance of the sculptor František Fabiánek .

gallery

The gallery is dedicated to modern art and has works from the era since the end of the 19th century. Exhibits from the 20th century occupy a large space. The exhibition area consists of a permanent exposition (four floors) and an alternating sector (ground floor). Lectures and other cultural and educational events are held as accompanying programs.

Bohumil Kubišta coffee house (1910)

The collections were founded in 1953 and were initially located in a different building. The holdings now have a rich fund of works by Czech artists. At this represented persons include Jiří Balcar , Vladimír Boudník , Josef Čapek , Emil Filla , Vladimír Fuka , František Gross , Karel Holan , Miloslav Holý , Antonín Hudeček , František Hudeček , Josef Istler , Jiří Kolář , Jan Kotik , Bohumil Kubišta , Bohdan Lacina , Kamil Lhoták , Mikuláš Medek , František Muzika , Robert Piesen , January Preisler , Antonín Procházka , Václav Radimský , Zdeněk Sklenář , Antonín Slavíček , Vojtěch Sedláček , Josef Šíma , Václav Špála , Jindřich Štyrský , František Tichý , Václav Tikal , Toyen , Václav Rabas , Vlastimil Rada , Josef Váchal , Alois Wachsman , Ladislav Zívr and Jan Zrzavý .

building

The exhibition building of the Gallery of Modern Art is on the east side of the Great Market ( Velké náměstí ) in the old town. Opposite is the Church of the Assumption of Mary of the Jesuits . Due to the lateral delimitation with one street each, the building at the main entrance has a narrow front and an elongated shape in its depth. The building has a mezzanine floor and four floors.

This building was built in 1911 and 1912 as a land registry ( Záložní úvěrový ústav ). The Czech Commercial and Commercial Bank was later housed in it. After the Second World War, the administration of was here Czechoslovak bus transportation (Československé autobusové dopravy), followed by the agricultural purchasing and supply work (Zemědělského nákupního a zásobovacího závodu) and from 1986 to 1988, the Museum of revolutionary traditions of East Bohemia ( Muzeum revolučních tradic východních Čech ). The gallery of modern arts has been located in this building since 1990.

Main entrance

The house has a cuboid shape. At the corner to the left of the main entrance there is a balcony-like extension in the area of ​​the first floor. Above this area, up to the eaves, two rows of five strictly vertical format windows each arranged side by side emphasize the corner situation. Above the main entrance, a balcony swinging outwards creates a protective canopy function. It is provided with an elaborately decorated metal railing.

On the top floor, the corner of the building is adorned with a tower-like structure that turns into a roof terrace on the right. The corners of the ledge and the roof of the tower are carried by human figures in a supporting pose. The windows of the tower are structured appropriately.

Its main entrance, like the foyer, was given a representative interior. These include two bronze sculptures by Ladislav Šaloun in the outer area of ​​the main entrance. The left sculpture ( Obchod / Gewerbe ) shows a man in a reading position with a large book in his left hand. On the right side there is a female figure ( Úroda / harvest ), who is holding an abundance of garden fruits in both of her hands. The two-winged entrance door is a bronze work with various frame-like decorations in the form of drifting work and a vertically arranged row of small square windows. A skylight window with faceted glass panes and ornamental design is inserted above it .

The elaborate design of the building continues inside. In the anteroom there is an elaborate natural stone wall cladding made of Prague Slivenetz marble (a Devonian limestone) as well as a richly designed main foyer with skylight and a representative staircase. The special features include some colored glass windows. The interior of the building has been preserved in its original condition.

literature

  • Petr David / Vladimír Soukup / Jan Jakl / Marek Pavlík (translation by Oliver Groschner): Travel guide through Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia. Hradec Králové . Prague (Soukup & David publishing house) 1997 ISBN 80-86050-12-2

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Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 35.5 ″  N , 15 ° 50 ′ 3.4 ″  E