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The official site of the Mucha Foundation. A comprehensive resource for information on Alphonse Mucha (or Alfons Mucha) with details on his life, the Mucha Trust Collection, news, exhibitions, events and publications.
Czech artist Alphonse Mucha rose to superstardom in fin-de-siècle Paris and abroad with his radically romantic posters and advertisements.
Mucha was established as a leading poster artist between 1895 and 1900. During this period, six posters by Mucha appeared in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, Jules Chéret’s monthly publication featuring the best posters of the time selected by him. Also from that time, Mucha’s distinctive style was called ‘le style Mucha’, becoming ...
Alphonse Mucha’s distinctive style was called le style Mucha, becoming synonymous with the Art Nouveau style. His posters have a very long and slimline, subtle pastel colors and a halo-like circular shape around the main figure, resembling a stained glass window.
Alphonse Mucha's famous works include his stylized Art Nouveau theatrical posters. The style he pioneered was sensuous, resplendent in jewel tones, boasted elaborately curving lines, and featured ethereal women.
Famous for his Art Nouveau posters, Alphonse Mucha helped elevate lithography from a commercial craft to an admired art form.
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These panels illustrate all the typical qualities of the Mucha poster – the beautiful women with suggestive gestures, the decorative use of flowers and flowing hair, the subtle yet striking colours – all combine to create a compelling harmony of vision whose intention is to inspire and elevate the viewer.
His iconic posters mostly depicted images of women in floral settings, in the sinuous Art Nouveau style. Among his decorative poster designs, stand out The Seasons, The Times of Day, The Moon and the Stars, and his famous calendar depicting a woman’s head surrounded by the twelve zodiac signs.
This poster established the iconic image of the ‘Mucha woman’ with her swirls of exaggeratedly abundant hair. 'JOB' is a trademark for the Joseph Bardou Company, manufacturers of cigarette papers. In this poster, Mucha placed the prominent female figure against a background featuring Job monograms.