Seventy large-size illustrations trace Mucha's skills as a draftsman over more than 40 years. Among the more famous examples are original plans and drawings for "The Seasons," and sketches for the Sarah Bernhardt poster.

Presents the career and life of Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, Alfons Mucha (1860-1939). Known best for his distinct style, he produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. His graceful women, delicate colors, and decorative style add up to an unashamed act of temptation, is indissolubly linked with the Art Nouveau style, and was one of the most fascinating artistic personalities of the turn of the 20th century.

Bring the ink to life! Mucha's distinctive style evoked a beautiful, spiritual life, and these gorgeous Art Nouveau masterpieces will provide hours of pleasure. Calming and relaxing, almost every type of pen, ink and pencil can be used to bring joy to a fabulous journey of colouring. Each page is perforated, ready for you to frame.

Though very much an individual and spiritual artist, Alphonse Mucha was a defining figure of the Art Nouveau era and is loved for his distinctive lush style and images of beautiful women in arabesque poses among the plethora of paintings, posters, advertisements and designs he produced. Admire a whole range of his work here in its full glory with succinct accompanying text.

Alphonse Mucha was an extraordinarily prolific and versatile artist who made his mark in the diverse fields of design - including posters, jewellery, interior decoration, theatre, packaging and product designs - as well as in painting, book illustration, sculpture and photography. He is one of the best-known Czech artists to wide international audiences today and rose to international fame in fin-de- siècle Paris with his elegant designs for theatre posters for Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous French actress of the time, and decorative panels ( panneaux décoratifs ) featuring gracefully posed women. For those posters Mucha created a distinctive style - "le style Mucha" - characterised by harmonious compositions, sinuous forms, organic lines and a muted palette, which became synonymous with the newly emerging decorative style of the time - Art Nouveau. By the time of the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, Mucha had become a leading figure in this decorative art movement, who defined the look of the era. The catalogue explores the development of Mucha's career and overall achievements as a multifaceted and visionary artist. It is divided into six sections, highlighting Mucha's personality as Bohemian; picture maker for people; cosmopolitan; mystic; patriot and philosopher.

A collection of posters by the popular art nouveau painter includes portrayals of the noted American actress Sarah Bernhardt and reveals his distinctive depictions of women and flowers

Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siecle. In shades of peach, gold, ochre and olive, his compositions of patterns, flowers and women became a mainstay of illustration, posters, postcards, and advertising designs of the day. Mucha also harbored committed nationalist beliefs. With works such as The Slav Epic, he expressed his support for Pan-Slavism, promoting the political independence of the Czech and Slavic nations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 22 images to color. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.