MUCHA, ALPHONSE


Meaning of MUCHA, ALPHONSE in English

orig. Alfons Maria Mucha

born July 24, 1860, Ivančice, Moravia, Austrian Empire

died July 14, 1939, Prague, Czech.

Czech painter and designer.

After study in Prague, Munich, and Paris, he became the principal designer of posters advertising the stage appearances of Art Nouveau style. In 1922, after Czechoslovakia had become independent, he settled in Prague and designed the new republic's stamps and banknotes.

"Cycles Perfecta," poster by Alphonse Mucha to advertise an English brand of bicycle, ...

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