Detail: The gallery possesses a unique collection of 20th century Chinese painting - its scope and quality unparalleled in Western collections. Numbering some 260 paintings, it was formed mostly in the 1920s and 30s by the painter and art collector Vojtech Chytil with another large body acquired in the 1950s and 60s during various visits by Czech cultural figures to the PRC. Many of the works are by artists of the `Beijing School� including Qi Baishi, Chen Nian, Jin Cheng, Xiao Sun, Yu Fei�an, Hu Peiheng and Chen Yunzhang. Among the traditionalists are Pu Ru, Zhang Daqian, Huang Binhong, Pan Tianshou and Fu Baoshi. It also features works by masters who studied in Europe in the early 20th century - Lin Fengmian and Xu Beihong. The younger generation whose fuse elements of Western and traditional Chinese ink paining include Li Keran and Wu Zuoren. Although the collection has never catalogued or published in its entirety, all the works were studied in detail thus resulting in an exhibition in the Waldstein Riding School Gallery. Some 200 paintings will be published in an extensive scholarly catalogue in both Czech and English.