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| Mucha, Alphonse |
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(älfôNs´ m kh´ä) (KEY) , 1860–1939, Czech artist. Mucha’s art nouveau style, characterized by twisting, swirling flower and hair motifs, set the style for poster art for a generation. He created celebrated posters for Sarah Bernhardt and designed sets and costumes for her plays. In his later works, primarily academic paintings, Mucha glorified the Slavic peoples. | 1 | | See biography by his son, J. Mucha (1966); his posters and photographs, ed. by J. Mucha et al. (1972); his graphic work, ed. by J. Mucha (1974). | 2 |
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