Abstract
The article focuses on the elucidation of the broader context of the cultural, social and political activities of Josef Václav Frič during his emigration to Paris. It outlines the circumstances of his efforts to promote the Czech issue in Europe and popularise it among the wider public.
It thus draws attention to Frič's key platforms of sociability and communication: the possibilities of contemporary periodicals and the first association of compatriots in France, Českomoravská beseda (Czech-Moravian Beseda). The accompanying visual material includes representative examples of extant archival materials from Frič's legacy and from the collection of his personal library.