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Alphonse Mucha
was born in 1860 in Ivancice, Moravia, which is near the city of
Brno in the modern Czech Republic. It was a small town, and for all
intents and purposes life was closer to the 18th than the 19th
century. Though Mucha is supposed to have started drawing before he
was walking, his early years were spent as a choirboy and amateur
musician. It wasn't until he finished high school (needing two extra
years to accomplish that onerous task) that he came to realize that
living people were responsible for some of the art he admired in the
local churches. That epiphany made him determined to become a
painter, despite his father's efforts in securing him "respectable"
employment as a clerk in the local court.
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The Arts / Les Arts
1898
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Poetry
Original Poster
15" x 23 5/8" |
Painting
Original Poster
15" x 23 5/8" |
Music
Original Poster
15" x 23 5/8" |
Dance
Original Poster
15" x 23 5/8" |
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Societe Populaire
Des Beaux-Arts
1897
18" x 24 1/2" |
F. Champenois
Imprimeur-Editeur
1897
21 3/4" x 28 3/8" |
Salon des Cent
Xxeme Exposition
1896
17" x 25" |
Bieres de la Meuse
1897
41 1/8" x 60 7/8" |
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Friendship
1904
16 1/2" x 22 1/4" |
Lance Parfum "Rodo"
1899
15 3/4" x 23 5/8" |
Paris 1900
1899
26 3/4" x 38 3/4" |
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Lorenzaccio
Sarah Bernhardt
Last Visit to America
1910
40" x 80" |
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Amants
1895
54" x 42" |
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