Czech Republic

2011
50 x 50 x 3,6 cm | 28 kg
Fused multilayer glass with inclusion of pigments

The flag of the current Czech Republic is identical to that of Czechoslovakia, a state created in 1918, on the rubble of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The territory included Bohemia-Moravia and Slovakia, an ill-matched union which did not hold up.
The first version of the flag only featured red and white, the traditional colors of the arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia, dating back to 1192.
The question then arose of the national emblems to be used to unify the two countries. A special commission was created, under the leadership of Professor G. Friedrich in 1919, to propose a new flag.
The solution finally chosen was the historic bicolour flag of Bohemia with a blue corner advancing until
half of the flag, supposed to represent Slovakia.
Après l’éclatement de l‘ex-Tchécoslovaquie, et la création de la Slovaquie indépendante le 1er janvier 1993, pour conserver une sorte d’intégrité historique du symbolisme des couleurs, le bleu fut interprété comme la couleur de la Moravie.
Cette dernière l’avait parfois adoptée comme étendard sur les champs de bataille.