Autumn, Alphonse Mucha; color lithograph, roughly 40 x 21 inches (103 x 54cm) Image sourced from here; direct link here; info here. This is one of the panels from Mucha’s first and perhaps most successful series of decorative panels, The Seasons, which he created in Read More …
Jaroslava Mucha, Alfons Mucha Link is to Wikimedia Commons. Pencil and white (presumably gouache) on toned paper, roughly 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25 cm). This lively and sensitive drawing by Czech painter, poster artist and decorative designer Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha is a portrait Read More …
A documentary on the brilliant Czech painter and graphic artist Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha is available on YouTube. The video is in six parts and is narrated in English. As always, it’s uncertain how long things like this will remain available on YouTube. [Via Gurney Journey] Read More …
Maude Adams as Joan of Arc, Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha. Hearing The Voice. Oil on canvas. Mucha designed the frame as well. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click “Fullscreen” under the image and then use zoom or download arrow.
Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha was a remarkable Czech painter and graphic artist who occupies a unique position in the history of art. His name is essentially synonymous with “Art Nouveau” an art movement he helped start (it was originally known as “Mucha Style”), but from which Read More …
Most people who are familiar in passing with Art Nouveau artist Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha (see my recent post on Alphonse Mucha on Gallica Digital Library) are not aware of his body of work that is in a very different style. The most important and striking Read More …