The history of the National Gallery in Prague started to be written on 5 February 1796 when a group of significant representatives of the patriotically oriented Czech nobility along with several middle-class intellectuals from the ranks of Enlightenment movement decided (to put it in period terminology) to “elevate the deteriorated taste of the local public.”

The National Gallery in Veletrzni Palace (Trade Fair Palace) completed in 1928 was the largest building of its kind in the world and the first Functionalist building in Prague. A unique collection of Czech and international modern and contemporary art, it includes some extremely valuable examples of French and European art. The international collection includes numerous works by artists such as Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Rodin, Gauguin, Cézanne, Renoir, Schiele, Munch, Miró and Klimt; many of these are donations from the collection of art historian Vincenc Kramář. The permanent

Distance from Boutique hotel Seven Days: 20 min by metro and short walk, see the map.