Growing up my family always had abstract art and thick coffee table books around the house. It wasnt until i got older that i appreciated one artist's vision in particular with his specific way of showing beauty, femininity, and grace so effortlessly. Alphonse Mucha a Czech, the artist, was born on July 24th 1860. He was mostly known for his commercial posters. When he first formed the idea of this beautiful way of capturing women, he was working mostly in Vienna and Paris. He captivated women in the loveliest ways of flight. His work mostly consists of beautiful, healthy, young women in flowing neoclassical looking robes. The women are usually surrounded by flowers, which sometimes would form halos on top of the womans head. Mucha's most common theme was women. The "new woman" type, also …show more content…
Success did not happen overnight for Mucha. He experienced being the starving artist lifestyle for a couple of years. It wasnt until Sarah Bernhard asked Mucha to create a poster. The poster was going to be for the play Gismonda. This poster became a success over night, and it was like his dream come true. He had made his big break. This french actress, Sarah, was so pleased with the way he portrayed her, and his artistic abilities, that she went on to sign a six year contract with Mucha. He instantly became wanted! So many people were amazed by his work. He went on to design posters, painitngs, book illustrations and advertisements. The list continues on to jewelry, wall paper, and theatre sets. A specific style later on was called "The Mucha Style", but it became known as Art Nouveau ("new art" in French). His desire to see incredible amounts of art reach so many places in such a short amount of time was achieved at a rapid pace. "The Seasons" (1826) is my most preferred one of his pieces. It is four women, all portraying a different