Alphonse Mucha

Alphonse Mucha

Alphonse Mucha • Skira

ISBN-10: 8857232433 · ISBN-13: 978‑8857232430 · 2016

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Mucha as mystic, bohemian and philosopherSpanning the entirety of Alphonse Mucha's prolific career, this handsome, affordable and concise overview examines the beloved artist's oeuvrefrom posters, jewelry, interior decoration, theater and product design to painting, book illustration, sculpture and photographyacross six themed sections that highlight the artist's personality: A Bohemian in Parisé; A Picture-Maker for Peopleé; A Cosmopolitané; The Mysticé; The Patrioté; and The Artist-Philosopher.Mucha rose to fame in fin-de-sicle Paris with his elegant theater posters for Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous French actress of the time, and his decorative panels featuring gracefully posed women. For these posters, Mucha created a distinctive style characterized by harmonious compositions, sinuous forms and a muted palette, which became synonymous with the newly emerging decorative style of the timeArt Nouveau. By the time of the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, Mucha had become a leading figure in this decorative-art movement, and he defined the look of the era. The catalog explores the development of Mucha's career and overall achievements as a multifaceted and visionary artist.Czech painter Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) leapt to fame in 1895, in Paris, when his poster Gismonda, created for the superstar Sarah Bernhardt, heralded the birth of Le Style Mucha. Between 1903 and 1922 Mucha made four trips to the United States, where he attracted the patronage of Charles Richard Crane, a Chicago industrialist and Slavophile, who subsidized Mucha's epic series of 20 large historical paintings illustrating the Epic of the Slavic Peopleé (1912–30). After 1922 Mucha lived in Czechoslovakia, where he died in 1939.

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