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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 846799, member: 16269"]<img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/much1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia (today's Czech Republic). Drawing had been his first love since childhood and he worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/much21897.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When Mucha moved to Paris in 1887, he was a student at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi. His income came from producing magazine and advertising illustrations and from this source he produced a poster that became an overnight sensation. Art Nouveau was born.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mucha's images were comprised of beautiful, robust young women in flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes, often surrounded by lush flowers which sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads. In contrast with contemporary poster makers he used pale pastel colors. During the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris the "Mucha style" spread throughout the world.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He also created paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>After Czechloslovaki won its independence after World War I, Mucha designed the new postage stamps, banknotes, and other government documents for the new state. For the models for the banknotes, Mucha used his wife, Maruška,and daughter, Jaroslava.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha2.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because there wasn't a proper printing machine in the country the first Czechoslovak banknotes in 1919 were printed in America, before they brought the printer here in the 1920s. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1920's and 1930's banknote created by Mucha were some of the most beautifully designed notes in the world and influenced banknote design in several countries.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha9a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mucha was among the first persons to be arrested by the Gestapo in 1939. </p><p>He developed pneumonia and even after his release he never fully recovered. He died on July 14, 1939 of a lung infection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 846799, member: 16269"][IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/much1.jpg[/IMG] Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia (today's Czech Republic). Drawing had been his first love since childhood and he worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery. [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/much21897.jpg[/IMG] When Mucha moved to Paris in 1887, he was a student at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi. His income came from producing magazine and advertising illustrations and from this source he produced a poster that became an overnight sensation. Art Nouveau was born. [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha9.jpg[/IMG] Mucha's images were comprised of beautiful, robust young women in flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes, often surrounded by lush flowers which sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads. In contrast with contemporary poster makers he used pale pastel colors. During the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris the "Mucha style" spread throughout the world. [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha4.jpg[/IMG] He also created paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets. After Czechloslovaki won its independence after World War I, Mucha designed the new postage stamps, banknotes, and other government documents for the new state. For the models for the banknotes, Mucha used his wife, Maruška,and daughter, Jaroslava. [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha2.gif[/IMG] Because there wasn't a proper printing machine in the country the first Czechoslovak banknotes in 1919 were printed in America, before they brought the printer here in the 1920s. The 1920's and 1930's banknote created by Mucha were some of the most beautifully designed notes in the world and influenced banknote design in several countries. [IMG]http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww201/ikandiggit/mucha9a.jpg[/IMG] Mucha was among the first persons to be arrested by the Gestapo in 1939. He developed pneumonia and even after his release he never fully recovered. He died on July 14, 1939 of a lung infection.[/QUOTE]
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