THE CZECH PAINTER OF WOMEN – Alfons Maria Mucha: Art Nouveau painter, with images of women

ALFONS MARIA MUCHA 1/3 – When he was born in Ivančice, that land was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When he was still a child, it is in Brno which manifests his first interest in drawing. When at the age of 19 he moved to Vienna, working designer, of painting he increases his technical knowledge. ALFONS MARIA MUCHA 2/3 – Decorator and a portraitist, he meets a patron who appreciates his work, and his life suddenly changes, because his natural talent is completed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Monaco of Bavaria. At age 27 he went to Paris, where Art Nouveau he is able to make use of the art even in everyday life. Again, the design refinement of the painter affiliated to Freemasonry, find someone who appreciates his creativity: Sarah Bernhardt suggests an artistic collaboration agreement, which lasts six years. ALFONS MARIA MUCHA 3/3 – Born of its young women, all women in dresses from neoclassical cut, women always surrounded by floral motifs. After four years in the United States, he settled in Prague, where for many years he devoted himself to the creation of a series of large paintings: the Slav Epic. In 1939 he was arrested by the Gestapo, and even dies in mysterious circumstances, on a summer day. Visiting Prague, do not forget that he is waiting for you to Vysehrad cemetery. You can see more on Meeting Benches, looking for: ALFONS MARIA MUCHA (1860/1939), CZECH PAINTER – Floral frames, geometric shapes and figures with classic suits