Date | 1939 |
Owner | Centrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce |
BMI call number | foto0166 |
Provenance & date of acquisition (BM Institute) | copy from Martinů Centre in Polička: foto0166b from Marie Pražanová's papers, 2019 |
Location | Polička |
Author | |
Description | Martinů family house at Svépomoc Street, 182, Polička |
Note | Picture taken in 1939 when František Martinů in reaction to Nazi's occupation of the country painted their house at Svépomoc with national symbols (Czech kings Charles IV., Jiří z Poděbrad, Saint Venceslaw and the Czech heraldic lion).
foto0166b also held in our correspondence collection (PraM 1939-00-00) - the photography is printed as a postcard sent to Marie Pražanová from Marie Martinů |