Le style Moocha
About the Artist that inspired the work, Alphonse Mucha: Alphonse Mucha is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century. As a struggling artist of Czech origin living in Paris, Mucha achieved immediate fame when, in December 1894, he accepted a commission to create a poster for one of the greatest actresses of the time, Sarah Bernhardt. Though the printer was apprehensive about submitting Mucha´s final design because of its new unconventional style, Bernhardt loved it and so did the public. ´Le style Mucha´, as Art Nouveau was known in its earliest days, was born. I think I may have mentioned before, my orginal design was supposed to be "Art Gnouveau" but someone else beat me to the name. I created the artwork with several elements from various artists from the time period that art nouveau was popular. One was Alphonse Mucha, who featured womens' faces, flowers, symbolism and use ...