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Alfons Mucha
known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.
Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia (the present Czech Republic). Although his singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brno, drawing had been his main hobby since childhood. He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery. During 1879, he relocated to Vienna to work for a major Viennese theatrical design company, while informally augmenting his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his employer's business during 1881 he returned to Moravia, to do freelance decorative and portrait painting. Count Karl Khuen of Mikulov hired Mucha to decorate Hrušovany Emmahof Castle with murals, and was impressed enough that he agreed to sponsor Mucha's formal training at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
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Painting ID:: 80701
Woman With a Burning Candle
Date 1911(1911)
Dimensions 83.5 x 125.5
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Painting ID:: 87531
The Bohemian King Premysl Otakar II: The Union of Slavic Dynasties
Date 1924(1924)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 480 x 405 cm (189 x 159.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 88603
The Red Cape
1902(1902)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 48.8 x 64.8 cm
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Painting ID:: 90486
The Morning Star of Slavonic Literature
1923(1923)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 480 x 405 cm (189 x 159.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 90655
The Celebration of Svantovit: When Gods Are at War, Salvation is in the Art
1912(1912)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 610 x 810 cm (240.2 x 318.9 in)
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Alfons Mucha
known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.
Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia (the present Czech Republic). Although his singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brno, drawing had been his main hobby since childhood. He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery. During 1879, he relocated to Vienna to work for a major Viennese theatrical design company, while informally augmenting his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his employer's business during 1881 he returned to Moravia, to do freelance decorative and portrait painting. Count Karl Khuen of Mikulov hired Mucha to decorate Hrušovany Emmahof Castle with murals, and was impressed enough that he agreed to sponsor Mucha's formal training at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
. Related Artists to Alfons Mucha: | Jean Mannheim | TURCHI, Alessandro | Karl Blechen | John Whetten Ehninger | Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin |
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