The City of Prague will be able to place the cycle of 20 large paintings in Savarin Palace, near Wenceslas Square, for 25 years with a five-year option.
“We promised the people of Prague that we would take care of the Slav Epic. The agreement is another milestone on the horizon, marking the end of the litigation with John Mucha, which has been dragging on since 2016. This will also partly fulfill the original condition of Alfons Mucha. The Slav Epic will have its own space for 25 years, which will be designed to be suitable before the city builds its own exhibition pavilion,” City Councilor Hana Třeštíková, responsible for culture, said.
The Slav Epic by Alfons Mucha is a cycle of twenty impressive paintings depicting the history of the Slav people and civilization. He found inspiration for this work in Slavonic mythology and the history of the Czech people. The largest canvas is more than six by eight meters (20 x 26 ft). Mucha (1860-1939) is especially famous for his illustrations for posters and magazines in Art Nouveau style.