Alphonse Mucha’s body of work is full of contradictions. He is most often identified with late 19th-century Paris, but was in fact Moravian (Czech). His vision for the purpose of art was for the ...

Alphonse Mucha’s (1860-1939) world feels like a dream in perpetual bloom: maidens in draping robes linger in a golden glow, ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. You may perhaps not know his name (yet), but you have no doubt seen Alphonse Mucha’s work, or even works by ...

Organic, sinuous lines, with vines snaking around stylized letters, ethereal women with flowing tresses, and botanical borders characterize the style of Art Nouveau, the enduringly popular movement ...

A major legal battle looms over Alphonse Mucha’s monumental Slav Epic. The gigantic canvas cycle, which took the Czech-born Art Nouveau pioneer 18 years to complete, is due to go on a controversial ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphonse Mucha won overnight fame in Belle Époque Paris on New Year’s Day 1895, when one of his sinuous, pastel ...

Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha’s magnum opus, the Slav Epic, is again the subject of legal disputes in the face of a proposed two-year tour of museums in Japan, China, and potentially South ...

Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), born in Ivančice, Czech Republic, was a prominent artist of the Art Nouveau movement, known for his decorative and intricate illustrations, posters and ...

Alfons Mucha is now closer than before. The iconic artwork of Alfons Mucha depicting portraits, nature and elaborate scenes in the art nouveau style is well known. Subtle touches on flowers, tender ...

"When my grandfather went to America, it was like the Beatles,” says John Mucha. “He made the front pages of the newspapers and was feted wherever he went.” Like the Fab Four 60 years later, Alphonse ...

ALPHONSE MUCHA is best known for his pioneering art-nouveau work in fin-de-siècle Paris, especially a series of posters depicting Sarah Bernhardt, a legendary actress. But the Czech-born artist ...