Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
A painting by Oskar Kokoschka, prints by Václav Hollar, a drawing by Mikoláš Aleš : those and other art works from the estate of former foreign minister Jan Masaryk have been gifted to the Czech state, courtesy of the family of Lumír Soukup, Masaryk’s personal secretary in London. At a ceremony at Černín Palace this week Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský expressed his thanks for “a gift of exceptional significance for the Czech nation”.
During WWII and Czechoslovakia’s exiled government in London, Jan Masaryk entrusted his personal secretary Lumír Soukup with part of his diplomatic and personal archive, which Mr.
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Author: Jaromír Marek