Alphonse Mucha: A collection of 111 paintings (HD)
Alphonse Mucha: A collection of 111 paintings (HD)
Description: Alfons Mucha was born in Southern Moravia on July 24, 1860. At the age of seventeen the artist left his home, to work as a painter of stage decorations at the Vienna "Ringtheater". When there was a fire at the theater, Mucha lost his job. He found new employment at the Vienese castle with Count Khuen, who became his patron and sent him to the Munich art academy a few years later. From there, Alfons Mucha went on to Paris in 1887 to continue his studies at the "Académie Julian" and then at the "Académie Colarossi".
Due to a lack of financial support from Khuen, however, the student was forced to leave the academy and earn a living as an illustrator. During this time he produced a large number of sketches and drawings. These were studies for illustrations, which were later published in "Figaro illustré", "Petit Parisien illustré" and other journals.
This early work and the prints for illustrated books like "L´éléfant blanc" by Judith Gauthier, at which Alfons Mucha worked during this time, still reflect the usual academic historic style of the time. By coincidence, thanks to an employer of Lemercier printers, Mucha was commissioned to design a poster for Sarah Bernhardt in 1894. This provided the launchpad for Mucha's future success and importance as an influencial designer of French "Art Nouveau".
Sarah Bernhardt was impressed by the artist's work. From then on, the famous actress not only had Mucha design her posters but also her costumes and stages. The public also liked Mucha's works very much and he became a famous, widely talked about and celebrated master almost over night.
Around 1900 Alfons Mucha reached the peak of his fame. Mucha's theoretical theses "Documents Décoratives" and "Figures Décoratives" influenced the applied art of the time significantly. From now on, people talk about "Mucha style" whose typical elements like the arabesque hair and the aureole surrounding the female profile, were often copied.
In 1900 Alfons Mucha took part in the Paris World Exposition, evoking general attention with his wall decorations in Bosnia and Herzegovina's pavilion. In 1904 Alfons Mucha went to America, where he produced wall decorations, stages settings and portraits during a prolonged stay in New York. Alongside he taught drawing and compostition at the Chicago Art Institute.
After Mucha's return to his home country, shortly before World War I, he dedicated considerable time to lithographic work. Then he became increasingly occupied by a series of 20 pictures entitled "Lépopée Slave", the "Slavian Epos". Mucha finished the large format continuation (6 x 8m) of the decoration of the Bosnian pavilion in 1928 and donated it to the city of Prague.
Alfons Mucha died in Prague shortly before the invasion of Czechoslovakia by German troops on July 14, 1939.
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I feel close to you as I watch this. Thank you for providing love and comfort so I could grow.
Thanks for your dedication to ART with all this BEAUTIFUL collections of all the MASTERS. Life On !!! Keep On !!!
They are so iconic and memorable.
I went to the exhibition in Prague last week, amazing body of work.
I love these beautiful paintings.
Beautiful paintings and portraits
Incredible talent
Fantastic job. Thank you.
Absolute genius.His colors & lighting are incredible.Im a portrait artist and I look at things differently.Love his work.
Muchas gracias..
Beautiful paintings
Thank you very much(a) my friend. It's wonderfull! I think that Mucha has been inspired by Botticelli. But this is only my feeling. Thanks for this beautifull video! I got tears in my eyes.
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Musical composer?
this video doesnt load for me, any1 else?
@1972Diogenes
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Same here. Switched back and tried again a couple of times...alas...
@thegreatest6922
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by switching quality to 360 I could get it to play
@Ibrahim-gj7we
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@@thegreatest6922 you're right, thanks!
@1972Diogenes
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@@thegreatest6922 Yes! I managed. Thanks a lot.
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@bellautopia818
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You mean I mean I seriously am ignorant here not willfully ignorant I just I'm without the knowledge that you are providing... Truth and honesty go a long way ...so do you mean like they sell out before they die?.. or,.. (?).. because I honestly don't know... And I know I'm ignorant but there's a difference between pink willfully ignorant and honestly just not knowing and I believe the only stupid question there is is one that you are too afraid to ask for fear like out of fear of feeling stupid or dumber afterwards for have even had us ha asked it in the first place... I won't let the fear of ignorance let me remain ignorant if that's okay with you? Sorry but yeah I'm thank you for letting me bend your ear and please feel free to talk to me .. to enlighten a little old dummy, such as myself... Either way love and kindness thank you 🤔🤯🧠💨💜💜💜
@TheNoblot
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@@bellautopia818 why do you think of fear & ignorance better think of love & cooperation, fear is there to divide you & conquer you, creating stress & distress, Ignorance exist when you do not understand something however when understanding reaches you ignorance disappears. Knowledge is a wheel 🎡 it is kinetic not static, it changes as we perceive clearly what is in front of our eyes, perception is light and mind. Ignorance is doing the same thing over & over again and expecting different results. Once you observe yourself you can understand how unconsciously you make the same mistakes / on the other hand the repetition of those mistakes is to help you perceive them understand them and correct them. since everything is relative everything is related as you & I / Love & kindness to you 🎨on a pleasurable day & nigh .🧡🧡💙💙💜💜💚💚
@bellautopia818
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@@TheNoblot no I guess I meant sorry I appreciate you getting back to me I guess I mean ignorance and just lack of knowledge so people that are willfully ignorant like they know better but they still continue and you know love is the law and kindness is key and exactly the point I was trying to prove there's no such thing as a dumb question and the only thing dumb about it is the fear of feeling dumber for have asking... WEDUKOOOLUSTH!!!... LOL... HEY, THANKS FOR LETTING ME BEND YOUR EAR, I'LL HAVE TO REREAD YOUR MESSAGE, SOFT AS A POST EDIT.. WE KNOW WHY ( LOL)BECAUSE I'M KIND OF A DING DONG SOMETIMES.. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK... MEOW💜💜💜💜💜🧚♀️🫂🫀🩺🧠🕊️🦩🦔🎵🎶🎼🪄💜
@bellautopia818
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