Alphonse Mucha


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Name
Alphonse Mucha
Life Dates
1860 - 1939
Country
Czech Republic
Movement
Art Nouveau

Alphonse Mucha Biography

Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha (1860-1939) was a prolific Moravian painter of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries and a key figure in the Art Nouveau movement. His style of painting influenced an entire generation of painters, graphic artists, draughtsmen and designers and in the minds of many, his work epitomizes the Art Nouveau. He himself came to resent his fame as an artist of the utilitarian, believing that true art should be elevated and epic. Alfons Mucha was born on July 24, 1860, in the town of Ivancice, Moravia, then part of Austro-Hungary. His father was a court usher, and the family had but modest means. The future painter was raised in an atmosphere of strict Roman Catholicism, and this would later be reflected in the symbolism he employed in his work. In 1871, Mucha joined the choir at St. Peter's Cathedral in Brno, where he was attending grammar school. He pursued singing seriously for a while, but was forced to abandon it after his voice started cracking in 1875. Instead, Mucha took up drawing lessons. Soon afterwards, he returned to Ivancice where, in the meanwhile, he found work as a municipal clerk.


Alphonse Mucha 117 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Alphonse Mucha. Flower.
    Flower.

    1894. Oil on canvas. 66 x 41 cm. Private collection.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Gismonda.
    Gismonda.

    1894. Color lithograph. 216 x 74.2 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Cassan Fils.
    Cassan Fils.

    1895. Color lithograph. 203.7 x 76 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Amants.
    Amants.

    1895. Color lithograph.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Salon des Cent.
    Salon Des Cent.

    1896. Color lithograph.

  • Alphonse Mucha. La Dame aux Camélias.
    La Dame Aux Camélias.

    1896. Color lithograph. 207.5 x 76.2 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Job.
    Job.

    1896. Color lithograph. 66.7 x 46.4 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Zodiac.
    Zodiac.

    1896. Color lithograph. 65.7 x 48.2 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Summer. From The Seasons Series.
    Summer. From The Seasons Series.

    1896. Color lithograph. 28 x 14.5 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Spring. From The  Seasons Series.
    Spring. From The Seasons Series.

    1896. Color lithograph. 28 x 14.5 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Autumn. From The Seasons Series.
    Autumn. From The Seasons Series.

    1896. Color lithograph. 28 x 14.5 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Winter. From The Seasons Series.
    Winter. From The Seasons Series.

    1896. Color lithograph. 28 x 14.5 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Sarah Bernhardt.
    Sarah Bernhardt.

    1896. Color lithograph.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Slavia.
    Slavia.

    1896. Color lithograph.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Prophetess.
    Prophetess.

    1896. Tempera on canvas. 87 x 138 cm. Mucha Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Flower.
    Flower.

    1897. Color lithograph. 66.2 x 44.4 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Fruit.
    Fruit.

    1897. Color lithograph. 66.2 x 44.4 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Reverie.
    Reverie.

    1897. Color lithograph. 72.7 x 55.2 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Monaco Monte Carlo.
    Monaco Monte Carlo.

    1897. Color lithograph. 108 x 74.5 cm.

  • Alphonse Mucha. Salon des Cent.
    Salon Des Cent.

    1897. Color lithograph.

Alphonse Mucha Bibliography

Alphonse Mucha by Sarah Mucha. Frances Lincoln, 2007.

Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau by Victor Arwas, Jana Brabcova-Orlikova, Anna Dvorak Yale University Press, 1998.

The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha by Alphonse Mucha. Dover Publications, 1980.

Biography by Olga Mataev and Yuri Mataev

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