Mucha, Alphonse (älfôNs` m
kh`ä), 1860–1939, Czech artist. Mucha's art nouveau art nouveau , decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. It began in the 1880s as a reaction against the historical emphasis of mid-19th-century art, but did not survive World War I.
..... Click the link for more information. style, characterized by twisting, swirling flower and hair motifs, set the style for poster art for a generation. He created celebrated posters for Sarah Bernhardt and designed sets and costumes for her plays. In his later works, primarily academic paintings, Mucha glorified the Slavic peoples.
(born July 24, 1860, Ivancice, Moravia, Austrian Empire—died July 14, 1939, Prague, Czech.) Czech painter and designer. After study in Prague, Munich, and Paris, he became the principal designer of posters advertising the stage appearances of Sarah Bernhardt; he designed sets and costumes for her as well. His many opulent posters and magazine illustrations made him one of the foremost designers in the Art Nouveau style. In 1922, after Czechoslovakia had become independent, he settled in Prague and designed the new republic's stamps and banknotes.
kh`ä), 1860–1939, Czech artist. Mucha's art nouveau art nouveau , decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. It began in the 1880s as a reaction against the historical emphasis of mid-19th-century art, but did not survive World War I...... Click the link for more information. style, characterized by twisting, swirling flower and hair motifs, set the style for poster art for a generation. He created celebrated posters for Sarah Bernhardt and designed sets and costumes for her plays. In his later works, primarily academic paintings, Mucha glorified the Slavic peoples.
Bibliography
See biography by his son, J. Mucha (1966); his posters and photographs, ed. by J. Mucha et al. (1972); his graphic work, ed. by J. Mucha (1974).
Mucha, Alphonse
orig. Alfons Maria Mucha)
“Cycles Perfecta,” poster by Alphonse Mucha to advertise an English brand of bicycle, …
(credit: Posters Please, Inc.)
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