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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:: 92261
The Union of Slavic Dynasties
1924(1924)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 480 X 405 cm (189 X 159.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 93795
Spring
1896(1896)
Medium oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 93817
Autumn
1896(1896)
Medium oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 97928
Slavs in their Original Homeland: Between the Turanian Whip and the sword of the Goths
1912(1912)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 810 x 610 cm
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Painting ID:: 98084
A Brothel Converted to a Convent
1916(1916)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 405 x 620 cm
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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: | VOS, Cornelis de | Hugo Simberg | Frederick Coffay Yohn | Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale,RWS | Nathulal Gordhan |
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