FRENCH LANGUAGE
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a Czech artist exiled in Paris after training in Prague and Vienna, was a witness to and a major player in the effervescence of Parisian artistic Bohemia. The "Mucha style" is world-famous and emblematic of Art Nouveau, a large-scale European movement that ...
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FRENCH LANGUAGE
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a Czech artist exiled in Paris after training in Prague and Vienna, was a witness to and a major player in the effervescence of Parisian artistic Bohemia. The "Mucha style" is world-famous and emblematic of Art Nouveau, a large-scale European movement that this artist largely contributed to creating.
The general introduction to the exhibition catalogue, written by the curator of the exhibition, Tomoko Sato, traces the career of this multifaceted artist. Each essay then explores a specific axis of his artistic personality. Antoine Marès gives the keys to the geopolitical context of Eastern Europe at that time and reveals Mucha's artistic involvement in Slavic patriotism. David Jumeau-Lafond explores the Symbolist, Theosophical and Freemasonic influences of his work.
Finally, Véronique Vienne studies the extraordinary efficacité graphic language of this multiple work. A chronology putting Mucha's career in perspective with the events of her time closes the book.
Exhibition Alphonse Mucha at the musée du Luxembourg from 12 September 2018 to 27 January 2019
French language
248 pages / 250 illustrations
Rmn-Grand Palais Publishing
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