Czechoslovakian painter & printmaker
born 1860- died 1939
Also known as:
Alfons Marie Mucha, Alphonse Marie Mucha
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian
Teacher of:
Roman Kryzanovsky (1885-1929), Clara Weaver Parrish (1861-1925)
Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia
(the present Czech Republic). Although his singing abilities allowed
him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian
capital of Brno, drawing had been his main hobby since childhood. He
worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting
theatrical scenery. In 1879, he relocated to Vienna
to work for a major Viennese theatrical design company, while
informally augmenting his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his
employer's business during 1881 he returned to Moravia, to do freelance
decorative and portrait painting. Count Karl Khuen of Mikulov
hired Mucha to decorate Hrušovany Emmahof Castle with murals, and was
impressed enough that he agreed to sponsor Mucha's formal training at
the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
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