overview about the place This was the seat of the Czechoslovak National Grand Lodge, co-founded by Alphonse Mucha, who became a Freemason in 1898 while staying in Paris. Mucha’s painting ‘The Last Work’ was hung in the National Grand Lodge, in memory of deceased brothers. Alphonse Mucha was Sovereign Grand Commander, i.e. the highest placed among Czech Freemasons, from the establishment of the National Lodge throughout its interwar existence. The famous painter also reached the 33rd and last degree of the Scottish Rite, the Freemasons’ highest rank. He was friends with both American and French Freemasons, with whom he had personal contacts. more about the place In 1931 the Czechoslovak National Grand Lodge donated a set of lodge jewels to the United Grand Lodge of England; many of them made to Mucha’s design. They are now stored in the collections of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry. The Czechoslovak National Grand Lodge was based at this address from 1929, having moved here from the original building in Husova Street 9. The Functionalist building by architect Karel Lupíšek, dating from 1928, was built for the Pension Institute of Sickness Insurance Companies’ Employees in Czechoslovakia. The four statues that adorn the entrance represent different professions.