Alphonse Mucha

Painting, Visual Artist

1860 – 1939

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Who was Alphonse Mucha?

Known for launching a movement dubbed Style Mucha, his work was a forerunner of the French Art Nouveau movement. Born in 1860, Czechoslovakian artist Alphonse Mucha began painting and drawing as a child, but he toured the world as a singer. He later attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and Academie Julian.

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Born
Jul 24, 1860
Ivančice
Also known as
  • Alphonse Maria Mucha
  • Alphonse Marie Mucha
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Czechs
Nationality
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Czech Republic
Profession
Education
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
  • Académie Julian
Lived in
  • Ivančice
Died
Jul 14, 1939
Prague
Resting place
Vyšehrad cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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