The opening will taken place on Tuesday 13 May at 5 p.m.

Part of the exhibition Imprint / 1926–2026.

Few institutions have such a fascinating history as Ostrava’s Gallery of Fine Arts and its collections. The gallery’s story began with František Jureček (1868–1925), a local building contractor who was also a passionate art collector. Over the years, Jureček built up a valuable collection of artworks, and his love of Ostrava led him to donate his collection (comprising over 120 works) to the city. The Jureček collection provided a powerful incentive to create a worthy venue where it could be exhibited permanently – and thus the idea of building the House of Art was born. This exhibition presents a selection of works from Jureček’s remarkable collection.

Renata Skřebská

Exhibited authors: 
Mikoláš Aleš, Oldřich Blažíček, Hugo Böttinger, Norbert Josef Karel Grund, Roman Havelka, Antonín Hudeček, Bohumír Jaroněk, Felix Jenewein, Alois Kalvoda, Beneš Knüpfer, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Adolf Liebscher, Emanuel Krescenc Liška, Quido Mánes, Josef Mánes, Václav Mánes, Luděk Marold, Julius Mařák, Gabriel Cornelius Max, Josef Matěj Navrátil, Antonín Slavíček, Hanuš Schwaiger, Jaroslav Špillar, Max Švabinský, František Tkadlík, Josef Ullmann, Joža Uprka, Jaroslav Věšín, Václav Radimský

Curator: Renata Skřebská, Jiří Jůza
Text: Renata Skřebská, Jiří Jůza
Translation: Christopher Hopkinson
Graphic design: Katarína Jamrišková
Promotion: Jana Malášek Šrubařová, Magdaléna Staňková