Alphonse Mucha’s body of work is full of contradictions. He is most often identified with late 19th-century Paris, but was in fact Moravian (Czech). His vision for the purpose of art was for the ...

PARIS — Through his early and spectacular success as the preeminent Art Nouveau graphic artist, a psychic burden was foisted upon the Bohemian artist Alphonse Mucha. The tragic double-edged sword of ...

Organic, sinuous lines, with vines snaking around stylized letters, ethereal women with flowing tresses, and botanical borders characterize the style of Art Nouveau, the enduringly popular movement ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. You may perhaps not know his name (yet), but you have no doubt seen Alphonse Mucha’s work, or even works by ...

A major legal battle looms over Alphonse Mucha’s monumental Slav Epic. The gigantic canvas cycle, which took the Czech-born Art Nouveau pioneer 18 years to complete, is due to go on a controversial ...

Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha’s magnum opus, the Slav Epic, is again the subject of legal disputes in the face of a proposed two-year tour of museums in Japan, China, and potentially South ...

THE CURRENT exhibition at the Bratislava City Gallery (GMB), called Artistic Treasures – Secession, features a wide selection of Art Nouveau works by world-renowned Czech painter Alfons Mucha, as well ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphonse Mucha won overnight fame in Belle Époque Paris on New Year’s Day 1895, when one of his sinuous, pastel ...

The "Timeless Mucha" exhibition at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., (February 22–May 18, 2025) is a luxurious look at Alphonse Mucha's commercial genius. Best known for his decorative ...

Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), born in Ivančice, Czech Republic, was a prominent artist of the Art Nouveau movement, known for his decorative and intricate illustrations, posters and ...

Alfons Mucha is now closer than before. The iconic artwork of Alfons Mucha depicting portraits, nature and elaborate scenes in the art nouveau style is well known. Subtle touches on flowers, tender ...

ALPHONSE MUCHA is best known for his pioneering art-nouveau work in fin-de-siècle Paris, especially a series of posters depicting Sarah Bernhardt, a legendary actress. But the Czech-born artist ...