The exhibition Avant-garde Art from the Stava Family Collection, for the first time, showcases a selection of over 120 works by about 40 artists at the family’s Bechyně Castle. It reflects a personal selection, highlighting a number of artists, especially from the postwar period in Europe when art reached the height of its personal diversity. The show is framed by art historical information to explain the context and endeavours of the 20th century avant-garde represented in the collection. The viewer will discover how the artists have stepby-step gained freedom of expression, freeing art from conventions ever more, each in their personal way. Yet, the exhibition is by no means meant to be a museal or educative all-encompassing overview but a glance into the personal world of a private collector with a passion for avant-garde art.
The exhibition is open until 29. 9. 2024.
Marc Chagall
1887 – 1985
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 – 1938
Hans Arp
1886 – 1966
Max Ernst
1891 – 1976
René Magritte
1898 – 1967
Paul Delvaux
1897 – 1994
Salvador Dalí
1904 – 1989
Wifredo Lam
1902 – 1982
Joan Miró
1893 – 1983
Pablo Picasso
1881 – 1973
André Derain
1880 – 1954
Erich Heckel
1883 – 1970
Emil Nolde
1867 – 1956
Alexej von Jawlensky
1864 – 1941
Le Corbusier
1887 – 1965
Georges Braque
1882 – 1963
Marino Marini
1901 – 1980
Max Ackermann
1866 – 1944
Julius Bissier
1893 – 1965
Ben Nicholson
1894 – 1982
Willy Boers
1905 – 1978
Giuseppe Santomaso
1907 – 1990
Italo Valenti
1912 – 1995
Serge Poliakoff
1906 – 1969
Hans Hartung
1904 – 1989
Antoni Tàpies
1923 – 2012
Sam Francis
1923 – 1994
Fernand Léger
1881 – 1955
Alexander Calder
1898 – 1976
Karel Appel
1921 – 2006
Güenther Uecker
1930
Christo
1935 – 2020
César
1921 – 1998
Jean Tinguely
1925 – 1991
Arman
1928 – 2005
Richard Serra
1938 – 2024
Roberto Matta
1911 – 2002
Eduardo Chillida
1924 – 2002
Roy Lichtenstein
1923 – 1997
Keith Haring
1958 – 1990
A. R. Penck
1939 – 2017
Jörg Immendorff
1945 – 2007