National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Past Exhibits

 

Prague Between History and Dreams

March 5 - July 16, 2006

In the Laska Gallery

 

This exhibition featured 63 works depicting scenes in Prague and the Czech Republic. Since 1998, Barbara Froula has created more than 100 paintings depicting Prague and the Czech Republic. The watercolors in this exhibit were painted on location during the course of eight trips to the Czech Republic, and were published in the book Prague Between History and Dreams. Froula’s paintings reflect her background in architecture, her love of the urban landscape, and her reverence for her Czech heritage.

 

Froula’s first trip to Prague was led by Dr. Vaclav Cilek, Director of the Geologic Institute, and Martin Palous, the former Ambassador to the United States from the Czech Republic. Renowned Czech writer and winner of the Tom Stoppard Prize, Cilek wrote the text for Prague Between History and Dreams, his first book in English. Palous contributed a foreword, and the book was completed in 2004.

Image Gallery - Prague Between History and Dreams

	Charles Bridge, Over the Vltava River   On loan from Barbara Froula
	Prague Castle   On loan from Barbara Froula
	Royal Summer Palace   On loan from Barbara Froula
	Church of Our Lady Before Týn   On loan from Barbara Froula
	Old Jewish Cemetery   On loan from Barbara Froula

 

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This page was updated July 18, 2006