Art Nouveau

After the Battle of Vítkov Hill is a 1923 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of After the Battle of Vítkov Hill This painting, with the subtitle God Represents Truth, Not Power is the eleventh in a series of 20 paintings […]

Petr Chelčický at Vodňany is a 1918 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of Petr Chelčický at Vodňany This painting, with the subtitle Do Not Repay Evil with Evil is the twelfth in a series of 20 paintings Mucha created between

The Hussite King Jiří of Poděbrady is a 1923 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of The Hussite King Jiří of Poděbrady This painting, with the subtitle Treaties Are to Be Observed is the 13th in a series of 20 paintings

Defense of Sziget against the Turks by Nicholas Zrinsky is a 1916 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of Defense of Sziget against the Turks by Nicholas Zrinsky This painting, with the subtitle The Shield of Christendom is the 14th in

The Printing of the Bible of Kralice in Ivančice is a 1914 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of The Printing of the Bible of Kralice in Ivančice This painting, with the subtitle God Gave Us a Gift of Language is

The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in Naarden is a 1918 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of The Last days of Jan Amos Komenský in Naarden This painting, with the subtitle A Flicker of Hope is the 16th in

Holy Mount Athos is a 1926 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of Holy Mount Athos This painting, with the subtitle Sheltering the Oldest Orthodox Literary Treasures, is the 17th in a series of 20 paintings Mucha created between 1912 and

The Oath of Omladina Under the Slavic Linden Tree is a 1926 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of The Oath of Omladina Under the Slavic Linden Tree This painting, with the subtitle The Slavic Revival is the 18th in a

The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia is a 1914 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia This painting, with the subtitle Work in Freedom is the Foundation of a State is the 19th in a

Apotheosis of the Slavs is a 1928 painting by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of Apotheosis of the Slavs This painting, with the subtitle Slavs for Humanity, is the last in a series of 20 paintings Mucha created between 1912 and 1926

Zodiac is an 1897 calendar by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations.

Rêveur is an 1897 poster by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. Analysis of Mucha’s Rêveur Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha’s Rêveur, also called Reverie is one of the many posters of the Art Nouveau movement. The art movement was inspired by natural forms and

Salon des cent is an 1897 lithograph poster by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations.

Byzantine Head Blonde is an 1897 lithograph by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. A companion piece, Brunette, also exists.

Byzantine Heads Brunette is an 1897 lithograph by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations. A companion piece, Blonde, also exists.

Gismonda is an 1895 lithograph by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations.

Cycles Perfecta is an 1897 poster by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations.

Champagne Ruinart is an 1896 poster by Alphonse Mucha, an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau period who specialized in illustrations.

Jean Cocteau is a 1916 painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani who was well known for his portraits in the early 20th century. Amedeo Modigliani was an avant-garde painter working in Paris and he paints here in 1916 his friend the filmmaker (among other things) Jean Cocteau. Modigliani captures Cocteau’s angular features well and successfully assimilates

Painted in the Art Nouveau style of Gustav Klimt’s Golden Phase in 1915, Death and Life is divided structurally into two parts. On the right and entwined in a colorful patchwork are naked figures embracing and displaying the life-affirming emotion of love. On the left is the solitary allegorical figure of Death who jealously and