Alfons Maria Mucha (1860 in Ivančice - 1939 in Prague), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.
In the second part of his career, at the age of 57, he returned to his homeland and devoted himself to a series of twenty monumental canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 1912 and 1926. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. He considered it his most important work.
(Mucha). France, Anatole. "Clio". Paris: Calmann Lévy, (1900). 8vo. (6), 188, (3) pp. Title and 12 colour illustrations in text, A. Mucha. Half leather binding from the time with gilt title on the spine.
Mucha, Alfons (1860 - 1939)."Ex libris Vostřebal". Zincography, 12 x 7 cm (on the paper 15,5 x 11,5 cm), ca. 1900. Typographicaly signed at the bottom-right.
Mucha, Alphonse (1860-1939); Flérs, Robert de. "Ilséa. Princezna Tripolisská". Prague: Kočí, 1901. Translated by J. J. Benešovský-Veselý. Copy nr. 108 of 200 of the rare edition in Czech language. Large 4to. (5) leafs, 128 pp., (4) leafs. Half-leather binding from the time.
Mucha, Alfons (1860-1939), Flérs, Robert de. "Ilsée Prinzessin von Tripolis". Praha: Kočí, 1901. Přel. Regine Adler. Jeden z 800 výtisků vydání v němčině, tento bez čísla. Velké 4°. Slepotiskový patitul, (8), 128, (8) str.. 132 bar. litografií A. Muchy.
(Mucha, Alfons). "La Plume. Alphonse Mucha et son oeuvre. Texte par MM. Léon Deschamps, Y. Rambosson, Sainte-Claire, Charles Saunier ... 127 illustrations par A. Mucha Et un Portrait-charge de l'Artiste par Whidhopff". Paris: Société anonyme 'La Plume', 1897. Orig. brochure. 4to. (4), 96, (4) pp. with many illustrations. Orig. lithographic cover with...
(Alfons Mucha). Vilímek, Josef R. (nakladatel). "Letem českým světem. Půl tisíce fotograf. pohledů z Čech, Moravy, Slezska a Slovenska. Díl první ... druhý". Praha: Vilímek, 1898. 2 sv. Fol. Návrh vazeb a viněty na první straně A. Mucha. Pův. celopl. vazby.
Mucha, Alphonse (1860-1939). "VIII. slet všesokolský v Praze 1926". Orig. lithograph in colours, 1925. Printed by J. Ziegloser in Prague. 121:80,5 cm.
Mucha, Alfons (1860-1939). "VIII. Slet Všesokolský v Praze 1926. Slavnostní hra na Vltavě. Slovanstvo bratrské ... Dne 3. 4. 5. a 6. VII. 1926 v 9 hod. večer. Vstupenky: Kč 15,- Kč 10,- Kč 5,- Kč 3,-". Orig. lithography printed in colours, 1926.
Mucha, Alfons."Otcenas". Prague: Česká grafická společnost "Unie", (1902). 4°. 23 sheets. Illustrated original cloth cover in a protective cardboard casing. Clean, in very good condition.
Mucha, Alfons. "Otčenáš". Praha: Volvox Globator, 1995. Větší 4°. Nestr. (28 listů). OPl. s přebalem.
Mucha, Alphonse (1860-1839)."Pěvecké sdružení učitelů moravských". Orig. lithograph, 1911. Printed in colours. Published in Prague by Neubert, 1911. Signed and dated in plate lower left. 110:80 cm (43 1/4 x 31 1/2 inch.).