Name: Foreign Ministry receives Jan Masaryk’s private art collection from London flat
Uploaded: 2025-07-25T14:31:32+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský symbolically received a collection of art pieces from Jan Masaryk’s former London residence, on Thursday afternoon. The roughly 30 works of art were bought out at auction by one of Masaryk’s former secretaries, after his tragic death in 1948. Radio Prague International spoke to Ivan Dubovický, host of the ceremony and

Photo: Xavier Amedeo Pallas, Radio Prague International

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský symbolically received a collection of art pieces from Jan Masaryk’s former London residence, on Thursday afternoon. The roughly 30 works of art were bought out at auction by one of Masaryk’s former secretaries, after his tragic death in 1948. Radio Prague International spoke to Ivan Dubovický, host of the ceremony and cultural anthropologist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After more than 75 years in private possession, Jan Masaryk’s London apartment art collection has now been donated to the Czech state.

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Author: Xavier Amedeo Pallas