ALPHONSE MUCHA – INTRODUCTION
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The name of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha ( 1860 – 1939 ) is synonymous with Le Style Mucha, a decorative art form that made the artist famous in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. Today, Alphonse Mucha is recognized for the bridge he created between ” high art ” and commercialism. Mucha was able to straddle both worlds: to create an artwork that could be used for a poster illustration for cigarettes and, at the same time, produce a series of historical painting such as The Slav Epic, which remains a powerful contribution to Czech art history.
A study of Mucha’s life allows one to fully explore and understand the context of Paris at the fin-de-siecle; a fabulous period to be an artist if you were successful; appallingly hard if your work was not recognized. Mucha Lived and worked in Paris for nearly 20 years, from 1887 to 1906.
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