Alphonse Mucha

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Alphonse Mucha was a Czech painter and decorative artist best known for his iconic, highly stylized posters and illustrations that helped define the visual language of Art Nouveau at the turn of the 20th century.

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instanceOf Art Nouveau artist
decorative artist
graphic artist
human
illustrator
painter
poster artist
artStyle idealized female figures
ornamental linear style
stylized floral motifs
birthName Alphonse Mucha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alfons Maria Mucha
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfBirth Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire
countryOfCitizenship Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia
countryOfDeath Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1860-07-24
dateOfDeath 1939-07-14
educatedAt Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Académie Colarossi
Académie Julian
employer Champenois printing company
Lemercier printing house
ethnicGroup Czech
familyName Alphonse Mucha self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mucha
fieldOfWork decorative arts
illustration
jewelry design
painting
poster art
stained glass design
theatrical set design
genre book illustration
decorative panels
poster art
givenName Alfons
hasChild Jiří Mucha
influenced Art Nouveau
surface form: Art Nouveau graphic design

poster design in Europe
movement Art Nouveau
Symbolism
name Alphonse Mucha self-link
nationality Czech
nativeLanguage Czech
notablePersonAssociatedWith Sarah Bernhardt
notableWork Gismonda poster
Job Cigarettes poster
La Dame aux Camélias poster
Lorenzaccio poster
Moët & Chandon Crémant Impérial poster
Princess Hyacinth
Sarah Bernhardt posters
The Slav Epic
Zodiac calendar
placeOfBirth Ivančice
placeOfDeath Prague
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence Munich
Paris
Prague
Vienna
signatureWorkSeries The Slav Epic
spouse Marie Chytilová
subjectOf Mucha Museum in Prague

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Alphonse Mucha birthName Alphonse Mucha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alfons Maria Mucha
St. Vitus Cathedral contains Alphonse Mucha
this entity surface form: stained glass windows by Alfons Mucha
Alphonse Mucha familyName Alphonse Mucha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mucha
Alphonse Mucha name Alphonse Mucha self-link
Art Nouveau notableArtist Alphonse Mucha
Académie Julian student Alphonse Mucha