Scottish National Gallery acquires painting by Czech artist Toyen

The Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh has acquired a painting by the Czech surrealist artist Toyen, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. The painting, called Poselství lesa or Message of the Forest, was completed in 1936 and is regarded as one of Toyen’s greatest works of art. It is the first of her paintings to enter a UK public art collection. According to the Czech art investment website Artplus.cz, it was sold for 600,000 US dollars (some 15.3 million crowns).