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In 1895, Mucha produced the poster for Gismonda, a play starring Sarah Bernhardt. Bernhardt highly admired Mucha's work, commissioning a six-year contract with him. [1] The style employed in Gismonda, le style Mucha, became a sensation in Paris and became known as the Art Nouveau movement. [2] Following Gismonda, Mucha
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After decades of disgrace, Art Nouveau returned to the forefront in the 1960s. In 1966, Alphonse Mucha's 1897 JOB poster was reinterpreted by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley with a psychedelic effect. Printed in San Francisco, to advertise a rock concert. [68] But in both cases, it was no longer an order from the JOB brand.
Art Nouveau posters and graphic arts flourished and became an important vehicle of the style, thanks to the new technologies of color lithography and color printing, which allowed the creation of and distribution of the style to a vast audience in Europe, the United States and beyond. Art was no longer confined to art galleries, but could be ...
Alphonse Mucha working on the cycle in 1920. Mucha's The Slav Epic in the National Gallery of Prague. The Slav Epic (Czech: Slovanská epopej) is a cycle of 20 large canvases painted by Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha between 1910 and 1928. The cycle depicts the mythology and history of Czechs and other Slavic peoples.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — In the Bay Area, the place to be for fireworks on New Year’s Eve is along San Francisco’s waterfront. If you’re looking for the best places to watch fireworks on New ...
Alfons Maria Mucha [1] [2] (Czech: [ˈalfons ˈmuxa] ⓘ; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), [3] known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — On New Year’s Eve, it’s all about watching the fireworks and the place to be is typically along the waterfront in San Francisco. But if you’d prefer to ring in the ...