Mucha posters art nouveau

Alphonse Mucha - Princeza Hyacinta (Princess Hyacinth).

Art Nouveau was an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, particularly the decorative arts, popular primarily between 1890 and 1910. Its period ended with the outbreak of World War I, after which it was succeeded by Art Deco and other forms of Modernism. Art Nouveau emerged as a reaction against the academic historicism and eclecticism of the 19th century, which favored fine arts over applied arts. It drew inspiration from natural forms, notably the curved lines of plants…

His images of towering women and mind-bending vegetal forms, found many audiences through theater posters for Sarah Bernhardt and rolling papers.

Digital ATC - available for trade. Last week Laura of Artfully Musing posted a tutorial on her blog on a new way of getting a stained glass effect by using embossing poweder on transparency film. The tutorial was very easy to follow and the end result was dazzling! I also tried the stained glass in a digital piece and love the way it turned out too. Of course the image is a Alphonse Mucha piece that was altered to fit inside the format of an ATC. I am really into Mucha right now and the…

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Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist.

P9 L 'Iris/Iris, 1897. This image is part of a Mucha-dedicated album here on Flickr. Discover over 100 high quality scans of the same quality by viewing the album this image belongs to!