The voluptuous female figures, the elaborate handcrafted typefaces, those pastel hues: these were the features of’s Art Nouveau posters which so excited Paris at the turn of the century. Growing up amidst the Czech National Revival movement in the 1860s, passion for his country influenced Mucha from boyhood. But it was Catholicism which inspired him in his earliest years.
In the years that followed, he honed his craft, illustrating satirical magazines and designing theatrical sets. When wealthy landowner Count Eduard Khuen-Belasi hired him to paint a mural for his home, Emmahof Castle, Mucha earned himself a sponsor. He went on to train at the Munich Academy of Fine Art in 1885, the Académie Julian in 1887, and the Académie Colarossi in 1888.When the Count withdrew his support in 1889, Mucha had to return to illustration.
Poster design, thereafter, became Mucha’s remit; his daring creation for cigarette company JOB featured a highly sensual image of a woman smoking, and it was arguably his most acclaimed commercial work. But beyond commerce, Mucha was very much a ‘thinking’ artist. He went on to create such works as – 20 grand canvases charting the history of the Slav people; imagined to unite his homeland, it was widely considered his greatest creation.
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