DETAIL:
Galerie HOLLAR
- Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 00, Prague 1
- Phone:+420 224 235 243
- Fax: +420 224 235 243
- E-mail: hollar@hollar.cz
- Web: www.hollar.cz
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A Czech graphic art gallery with tradition dating from 1917. The HOLLAR Association of Czech Graphic Artists, which owns the gallery, was founded in 1917. The association called itself after the most famous engraver, Václav Hollar (1607-1677). The founding members were mostly students of Max Švabinský, who from 1910 headed the special department of graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Members of the association are recruited from professional artists based on the most demanding artistic criteria. The activity of the HOLLAR Association of Czech Graphic Artists was banned by the communist regime between 1972 and 1989, and was restored after November 1989.