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SILVER Seller in Milano, Italy
Alfons Maria Mucha (Ivančice 1860 - Prague 1939) was a painter, sculptor and illustrator who played a leading role in Art Nouveau. An early draughtsman, he first worked in Vienna for an important theatre company, then in Mikulov as a portrait painter. Here Count Belasi commissioned him to decorate his residences and became his patron, Mucha was thus able to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He continued his studies in Paris at the Julian Academy and at the Académie Colarossi, coming into contact with artists such as Gauguin, Claudel and Collin. In 1889 he began working as an illustrator for magazines and advertising posters. Henri Boullerier, director of the weekly Le Petit Français Illustré, hired him regularly. By then already a recognised artist, in 1894 he produced a poster for Victorien Sardou's play Gismonda that radically changed his life. Thanks to the poster, actress Sarah Bernhardt becomes a public icon and decides to sign a six-year contract with Mucha. With six more posters in the public eye, both artists became absolute protagonists of Art Nouveau. Table no. 26 from Figures decoratives par A M Mucha, Paris, Emil Levy editeur, 1905. Album of forty lithographs reproducing as many drawings by the author. Fresh impression in excellent condition. Mounted in a period gilt frame with plant motif.
ID: 11318-1714489066-89505
