1900s Vintage Alphonse Mucha Poster

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1900s Vintage Alphonse Mucha Poster

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A framed Art Nouveau poster by Alphone Mucha from 1905 representing Muchas sketched designs of nudes, woman and beautiful ladies in greens and whites on velem paper. Plate 1. Figures Decoratives par A. M. Mucha, PARIS Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Emile Levy Editeur, 13. Rue Lafayette. Paris, 1905. (Figures Decoratives front page plate not included) Sheet: 13 x 18 inches (33 x 46 cm) Framed: 20 x 24 inches (50.5 x 61 cm) Framed tastefully in museum non reflective glass. To many, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939) is best known for his beautiful bell époque posters and magnificent decorative panels. His distinctive graphic approach to the 1895 poster advertising Sarah Bernhardt's performance in Gismonda captured the Parisian public's imagination and catapulted the artist into overnight success. During the next ten years he became the high priest of Art Nouveau, publishing several stylebooks which were to have a lasting influence on 20th century art and design. Figures decoratives, originally published in 1905, is a landmark book of the Art Nouveau movement and perhaps best exemplifies Mucha's artistic product in the years 1895–1905, the decade that made him famous. Mucha's purity of line and beauty of proportion take their inspiration from nature. But more than nature's imitator, he was its interpreter, translating its rhythms and designs into works that exude an indefinable charm. His unique approach combined originality of invention with spontaneous energy supported by flawless draftsmanship. These posters represents the essence of Mucha's genius and documents the subtle shadings and linear excellence that characterized his masterful illustrations. Placed in rectangles, triangles, stars, circles, and a number of irregular geometric forms are figures of women, young girls, and children of both sexes. The harmony between the movement of head, limbs, and drapery and the sense of balance in each pose are the result of Mucha's instinct for composition, gift for ornamentation, and profound knowledge of his Craft. Mucha's hand and eye are clearly evident in all his work though one can see other artistic influences which shaped the artist's development, including Gauguin's cloissonnism, Horta's and Van de Velde's Kinetic treatment of curvilinear design, as well as the linear conventions of Moorish architecture and Islamic ornamentation. Yet Mucha himself believed that he owed his greatest artistic debt to the Folk Art traditions of his native Moravia.

Dimensions:
Height: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Length: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Period:
1900-1909
Date of Manufacture:
1905
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Dallas, TX
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1774224650752