Alphonse Mucha
(Czech, 1860–1939)
Biography
Alphonse Mucha was a Czech artist known for his unique Art Nouveau illustrations and designs. Mucha’s style transformed the medium of poster design with its vertical orientation, tendril-like lines, and soft pastel colors. “The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges,” he once said. Born on July 24, 1860 in Ivancice, Moravia (present-day Czech Republic), Mucha spent two years studying at the Academy of Art in Munich before moving to Paris in 1887. During his years in France, he shared a studio with Paul Gauguin and practiced occult ceremonies with the famed Swedish playwright August Strindberg. As his career progressed, the artist began receiving large commissions to create decorative panels for private homes. One such work, The Seasons (1896), exemplifies Mucha’s distinctive stylization of the female figure and natural motifs. After securing financial backing for a proposed suite of ambitious paintings he moved to Prague. Now back in his home country, the artist toiled over the The Slav Epic (1910–1928) for more than a decade. After the Nazi invasion of Prague in 1939, Mucha was deemed a reactionary and subsequently interrogated by the Gestapo while seriously ill. He died later that year, on July 14, 1939 at the age of 78. Today, the artist’s works are included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others
Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction
The abolition of serfdom in Russia (reduced version), 1920
Sold price: 1,472,000 USD
Alphonse Mucha Artworks
Alphonse Mucha
Gismonda / Théâtre de la Renaissance, 1894
Sale Date: February 23, 2020
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Alphonse Mucha
The Times of the Day: Evening Contemplation
Sale Date: February 13, 2020
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Alphonse Mucha
Two chromolithographs: Tetes Byzantines 1897, 1897
Sale Date: December 6, 2019
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Alphonse Mucha
Vin des Incas pour les convalescents, divinité...
Sale Date: February 1, 2020
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Vue de la salle d’embouteillage de la liqueur ...
Sale Date: January 29, 2020
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Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau lithograph, ca 1894, 1894
Sale Date: January 26, 2020
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Set of four glass panels in the Art Nouveau...
Sale Date: January 26, 2020
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Original Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau lithograph, 1899
Sale Date: January 26, 2020
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![[THREE SEASONS.] Circa 1898, 1898](http://qa1.artnet-dev.com/WebServices/images/ll00067lldzemJFgOjECfDrCWQFHPKcvN1F/alphonse-mucha-[three-seasons.]-circa-1898.jpg "[THREE SEASONS.] Circa 1898, 1898")
Alphonse Mucha
BIÈRES DE LA MEUSE. Maîtres de l'Affiche pl. , 1899
Sale Date: February 13, 2020
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LA SAMARITAINE. Maîtres de l'Affiche pl...., 1899
Sale Date: February 13, 2020
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LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS. Maîtres de l'Affiche..., 1898
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![[THE FLOWERS / CARNATION.] 1898, 1898](http://qa1.artnet-dev.com/WebServices/images/ll00063lldzemJFgOjECfDrCWQFHPKcvN1F/alphonse-mucha-[the-flowers-/-carnation.]-1898.jpg "[THE FLOWERS / CARNATION.] 1898, 1898")
![[THE FLOWERS.] Group of 3 decorative panels. , 1898](http://qa1.artnet-dev.com/WebServices/images/ll00062lldzemJFgOjECfDrCWQFHPKcvN1F/alphonse-mucha-[the-flowers.]-group-of-3-decorative-panels.-1898.jpg "[THE FLOWERS.] Group of 3 decorative panels. , 1898")
Alphonse Mucha
[THE FLOWERS.] Group of 3 decorative panels. , 1898
Sale Date: February 13, 2020
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![[TÊTE BYZANTINE / BRUNETTE.] Circa 1897, 1897](http://qa1.artnet-dev.com/WebServices/images/ll00059lldzemJFgOjECfDrCWQFHPKcvN1F/alphonse-mucha-[tête-byzantine-/-brunette.]-circa-1897.jpg "[TÊTE BYZANTINE / BRUNETTE.] Circa 1897, 1897")
Alphonse Mucha
[TÊTE BYZANTINE / BRUNETTE.] Circa 1897, 1897
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![[TÊTES BYZANTINE.] Two decorative panels...., 1897](http://qa1.artnet-dev.com/WebServices/images/ll00058lldzemJFgOjECfDrCWQFHPKcvN1F/alphonse-mucha-[têtes-byzantine.]-two-decorative-panels.-circa-1897.jpg "[TÊTES BYZANTINE.] Two decorative panels...., 1897")
Alphonse Mucha
[TÊTES BYZANTINE.] Two decorative panels...., 1897
Sale Date: February 13, 2020
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