Alphonse Mucha
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Alfons Maria Mucha (Czech) was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist who lived in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctive stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt.
He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, and designs in the second decade of his career, when he turned to Bohemia-Moravia in Austria and dedicated himself to painting a series of 20 monumental canvases titled The Slav Epic, which depicted the lives of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 1912 and 1926.
He outlined the film to the Czech people in 1928, on the tenth anniversary of Czechoslovakia's independence.
It was considered his most significant work by the author.
It is now on sale in Brno.
Early life
Mucha was born in the tiny town of Ivanice in southern Moravia on July 24, then a province of the Austrian Empire (currently a part of the Czech Republic). His family had a modest income; Ondej's father was a court usher, and Amelialie was a miller's daughter. Ond'ej had six children, all with names starting with A. Alphonse, followed by Anna and Andrela.
Mucha displayed a natural talent for drawing; a local store impressed by his work gave him free papers, but it was still considered a luxury. He only drew with his left hand in the preschool period. He had a gift for music as well: he was an alto singer and violinist.
He wanted to keep his studies after finishing Volksschule, but his family was unable to finance them because they were already funding the research of his three step-siblings. Pavel Kvcksk, the choirmaster of St Thomas' Abbey in Brno, was given permission by his music teacher to join the choir and have his studies supported by the monastery. Kovsk was captivated by his talent, but he was unable to admit and finance him because he had just accepted Leo Janáek, a talented young singer.
Kovsk introduced him as a chorister and sponsored his studies at the gymnasium in Brno, where he received his secondary school education. After his voice had slowed, he resigned as a chorister but performed as a violinist in masses.
He became devoutly religious, and wrote later: "The ideas of painting, going to church, and music are so closely interwoven that I'm often unable to decide whether I like church for its music or music for its place in the mystery that it accompanies." He grew up in a Czech nationalism dominated by almost every branch of art, from music to literature and painting. He crafted flyers and posters for patriotic rallies.
His singing abilities allowed him to continue his musical studies at the Gymnázium Brno in Brno, Moravian's capital, but his true aim was to become an artist. He found some work arranging theatrical sets and other decorations. He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1878, but was turned down and told to "find a new passion." In 1880, he returned to Vienna, the imperialist capital of the Empire, and began working as an apprentice scenery painter for a firm that made sets for Vienna theaters. He discovered museums, churches, palaces, and even theaters in Vienna, for which he was given free tickets by his employer. In addition, Hans Makart, a well-known academic painter who created murals for several of Vienna's palaces and government buildings, was a master of portraits and historical paintings in grand format. His style led Mucha in that artistic direction and inspired his later work. He also started exploring photography, which became a key piece in his later work.
A tragic fire in 1881 destroyed the Ringtheater, the main client of his company, much to his misfortune. He took a train as far north as his money would carry him in 1881, but almost everyone else was lacking funds. He arrived in Mikulov, Moravia, and began creating portraits, decorative art, and lettering for tombstones. His work was lauded, and Count Eduard Khuen Belasi, a local landlord and nobleman, was given a collection of murals for his Emmahof Castle's residence and then at his ancestral home in Gandegg Castle, Tyrol. The paintings at Emmahof were destroyed by fire in 1948, but his early versions in a smaller size are still on display at the museum in Brno. His talent at mythological interpretation, the feminine form, and lush vegetal decoration were on display. Belasi, who was also an amateur painter, brought Mucha to Venice, Florence, and Milan, where he met with many artists, including Wilhelm Kray, the celebrated Bavarian romantic painter who lived in Munich.
