Alphonse Mucha(1860-1939)

• Alphonse Maria Mucha was born on 24th of July 1860 in Ivančice, Moravia (the present Czech Republic)

• He was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative designer

• He produced many paintings, advertisements, postcards, and packaging designs

• In 1879, became a painter of theatrical scenery in Vienna, Austria

Alphonse Mucha• Mucha trained at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts

• He moved to Paris in 1887 and also studied at the Academie Julian and the Academie Colarossi

• He began to produce magazine and advertising illustrations while studying art

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Alphonse Mucha• Mucha's work wasshown at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in ParisHis work was in the:

Art Nouveau Style• The Art Nouveau style was the Design style from 1890-1910

• It featured in all types of design from: posters to furniture, lamps, jewellery,fabrics etc

Art Nouveau themes included:Nature, plants, flowers,Ivy, peacocks,Female faces, insects,dragonflies etc

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Art Nouveau

Alphonse Mucha• Mucha produced paintings, posters, designs for packagings, stamps, banknotes, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in the

Art Nouveau Style

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Alphonse Mucha• Mucha's design works frequently featured beautiful women in flowing, robes, surrounded by lush flowers which sometimes formed halos behind their heads, and flowing hair • Flowers and nature were the basis for many of his design Ideas

• He often used pale, pastel colour schemes

Art Nouveau Style

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Alphonse Mucha• Mucha produced many Designs for packaging for soaps, biscuits, perfumes etc

These are in the:

Art Nouveau Style

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Alphonse Mucha• In this GRAPHIC design unit YOU will design either…..

• A RANGE OF PACKAGING/LABEL designs for perfumes/toiletries by HOLLISTER…..similar to some of the types of design you have seen by Alphonse Mucha in this Powerpoint

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Alphonse Mucha• In this GRAPHIC design unit YOU will design either…..

• A RANGE OF PACKAGING/LABEL designs for perfumes/toiletries by HOLLISTER…..similar to some of the types of design you have seen by Alphonse Mucha in this Powerpoint

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Alphonse Mucha• OR…….

• Co-ordinating IPAD and IPHONE covers with a GRAPHIC design….similar to some of the types of design you have seen by Alphonse Mucha in this Powerpoint

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