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Alphonse Musha
May 15, 2009, 3:21 am
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  Alphose Mucha is one of my favorite Czechoslovakian llustrator and graphic designer.

Mucha is widely known for his Art Nouneau Posters in the 1980s and 1900s.

muchaMucha_and_damyan_portrait_commission

 

 

SarahBernhardt
He achieved fame as he produces “Gismonda” in 1894 which he illustrated Sarah Bernhardt (who was the most famous actress in Paris at that time). 
Alphonse Musha
Alphonse Musha

 Major clients also included Job cigarette papers (1898) and the champagne house of Moët & Chandon (1899).

alphonse mucha's illustration
alphonse mucha’s illustration

 Mucha also worked in illustration, packaging, postage stamp design, jewellery and textile design.

 

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