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|  | | | Artist of the Week - Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha (24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939) was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist. [1]
Alphons Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia. His singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brno,
even though drawing had been his first love since childhood. He worked
at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical
scenery, then in 1879 moved to Vienna
to work for a leading Viennese theatrical design company, while
informally furthering his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his
employer's business in 1881 he returned to Moravia, doing 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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