Just trying to get into this exhibition through the thick crowds shows how popular this artist is. I’ve always liked him a lot, much more after discovering his unknown generous utopian side with the « Epopee slave, unfortunately only shown through videos of the huge canvas only visible (at some point) in Pague, definitely on my bucket list…
It quite impressed on me how Mucha is the father of a certain aesthetic, that of manges and some bandes-dessinees, and (from the little I know) of video games…
It all famously started with Sarah Bernhardt asking him do a poster for her play Gismonda… In the process, he invented the elegant vertical format so well suited to colonnes Morris, he ended up working for her for many years.
Hamlet
Lorenzaccio
La dame aux camélias
Medee
Mucha became a leading proponent of Art Nouveau and created on multiple support, from posters, to interior decoration, advertising, decorative arts and paintings.
Clair de lune
The seasons seen by Mucha:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Les signes du Zodiac
… and endless Art Nouveau patterns
