Alphonse Mucha is often referred to as the father of Art Nouveau, his 'Mucha style' has been copied over and over. The Czech studied widely at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi in Paris, 1887. He produced paintings, posters, advertisements, illustrations and even designed jewellery, carpets, wallpaper and theatre sets. Mucha famously declared that art existed only to communicate a spiritual message, even so his rise to fame came through the commercial arts. Possibly one of first Graphic Designers?
Michael Guppy
Bibliography:
Alphonse Mucha, by Sarah Mucha, Frances Lincoln; illustrated edition (1 April 2005)
Webpage, http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/mucha.htm, Visited 28/10/2009
Webpage, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha, Visited 26/10/2009
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