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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 artist-designer Jules Chéret (1835–1932) was a notable early creator of French Art Nouveau posters. He helped turn the advertising poster into an art form. The son a family of artisans, he apprenticed with a lithographer and also studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.
As part of our 35th-anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at 30. From London, UK, here are the Spice Girls. In the early 1990s, Bikini Kill ...
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 list of Czech artists. These include artists in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking as well as other genres, including installation art, performance art, conceptual art and video art. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Contents ...
Jaroslava Muchová in a sketch by her father, Alphonse Mucha, c. 1920s Jaroslava Muchová, by Alphonse Mucha Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová (15 March 1909 – 9 November 1986 [ 1 ] ) was a Czech painter, the daughter of painter Alphonse Mucha and the sister of writer and translator Jiří Mucha .
-Czechoslovak poster artist, lithographer, photographer, graphic designer, painter and postage stamp designer Czechoslovak photographer, painter, illustrator and patriot. Apart from his artistic production he was an advocate for the unification of Czechoslovakia for which he designed the first banknotes in 1918.
The Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) arrived in Paris in 1888, and in 1895, made a poster for actress Sarah Bernhardt in the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou in Théâtre de la Renaissance. The success of this poster led to a contract to produce posters for six more plays by Bernhardt.