In many ways Alphonse Mucha in synonym to art nouveau and jugendstil in painted fine arts. Mucha made a large number of posters, paintings, illustrations and advertisements. Typical for his works of art are the beautiful young women in robes, and the haloes of fresh flowers behind the women's heads. He used pastel colors.
More on Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau has been extremely popular in Europe. 'Art Nouveau' refers to an avant-garde art movement, which began in Western Europe around 1880. The style is ornamental and asymmetrical. Dreamlike and exotic forms of sexuality, death, and resurrectionwere used by the artists. It was influenced by the newly in fashion Japanese Art, by the English poet-painter William Blake and also by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Mucha - an inspiratation for posters, illustrations and new art
Mucha still is very much a live in the architecture and posters of this time. Below a summary of the latest news on Mucha.
Prague City Council insists on Mucha's Slav Epic Prague Daily Monitor ... a cycle by Art Nouveau artist Alfons Mucha, to Prague as it was biased, Prague counsellor Ondrej Pecha told journalists yesterday. ...
Google's Alphonse Mucha & PS Krøyer Logos & Hot Dog Day Search Engine Roundtable (blog) Alphonse Mucha was born a 150 years ago and was a well-known Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist. He was best known for his art of women. ...
Museum presents unknown works, documents linked to Mucha Prague Daily Monitor Zbiroh, West Bohemia, July 24 (CTK) - So far unpublished photos from the belongings of Alfons Mucha, world-renowned Czech art nouveau painter, ...
VISEGRAD: An Epic battle in Prague business new europe When the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha created The Slav Epic, he would have had no idea that one day his masterpiece depicting the proud history ...
Google Doodle in Alphonse Mucha's 150th Birthday Tech Pinger (blog) Apparently, it's the way Google commemorates Alphonse Mucha's 150th birthday. Alphonse Mucha was a Cezch Art Nouveau painter who got his fame for his ...
