The National Gallery Prague is launching an exhibition of one of the most important Czech Baroque artists β Petr Brandl, a brilliant painter, but also an eternal debtor, unfaithful husband, prodigal, great gourmet andβ¦ a prisoner. The exhibition, comprising 64 mainly large-format paintings by the artist, will also feature newly discovered and previously unexhibited works, such as The Baptism of Christ , The Vision of St.
Anne , and Self-portrait, So-Called Viennese , but above all it will guide visitors through the rich life story of Petr Brandl.
The inventive concept is based on telling two intertwining stories: the story of an exceptional oeuvre and of an equally exceptional life, for which we have an unprecedented amount of archival evidence, portraying Brandl as a man who rejected social and professional conventions and as an artist for whom creative and personal freedom was paramount.
A dedicated section of the exhibition focuses on paintings where Brandl ostentatiously demonstrates his original painting technique, which was completely unconventional and modern in its time.
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