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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 ...
The female figures in Mucha's works were "entwined in vaporous hair and light dresses inspired by nature, such as willowy foliage," as well as adorned in extravagant jewels. [4] [5] Mucha fills the background of these pieces with floral or abstract patterns. [4]
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.
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Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), born in Moravia in what is now the Czech Republic, trained as a painter in Munich for two years and then moved to Paris in 1887, where he struggled to survive. His moment came in December 1894, when he was asked, on very short notice, to create a poster for a new play, Gismonda , starring Sarah Bernhardt .
The Mucha museum was founded by Sebastian Pawlowski, a Swiss entrepreneur who had bought and renovated Kounice Palace . He approached John Mucha with the idea for a gallery of Mucha works. [ 1 ] The museum was opened in February 1998 by the Muchovo Muzeum s.r.o, a Czech company, containing works from the Mucha Trust Collection.
This is a truncated, illustrated list of works by Alphonse Maria Mucha, and shows few examples of the many iconic images for which he is famous. The list does not include all of Mucha's 1910-1928 series The Slav Epic.
For his second creation, La femme brune, Mucha was inspired by a fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. The exuberant hair, typical of Mucha, remained, as did numerous allusions to the JOB brand, from the brooch to the cigarette-paper case and even the background as wallpaper. A third poster by Mucha remained in the draft stage. [39]