Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech: ✦ 24 July 1860 – † 14 July 1939),) (Czechoslovakian artist) was a very influential but seldom mentioned figure in the history of art. He is more than anyone else responsible for the "art nouveau" style that developed around the turn of the century and applied his considerable talents to a wide variety of pursuits ranging from painting and sculpture to poster, magazine, and calendar illustration, and product and architectural design. It is probably as much because he did things other than paintings to be hung in museums that many of the leading artistic institutions have ignored his work for most of this century. But the fact that he opposed the cubist revolution and made recognizable and beautiful images meant that the critics of the 20th century would ignore his work. Those are the very things of course that make him worthy to appear here.
In addition to being a brilliant painter and illustrator, Mucha was also a master of design.
Mucha was a careful planner and made extensive studies of his subjects before producing the final result, sometimes using photographs as models (in much the same way as Maxfield Parrish did).
Legacy
Marcus Gray has stated that Mucha was a major i9nfluence in his art.
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Legacy
Marcus Gray has stated that much of his work was influenced by Alphonse Mucha
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Alphonse_Mucha ]
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