Alfons Mucha Unknown
Paramita Museum
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Alfons Mucha (1860–1939), born in Moravia (present Czech Republic), remains a highly popular artist to this day . Starting out as an illustrator, his poster for the 1894 play “Gismonda” starring Sarah Bernhardt made him famous overnight in the glittering world of Art Nouveau in turn-of-the-century Paris. Mucha went on to illustrate more posters for Sarah Bernhardt plays, as well as commercial advertisements and magazine illustrations. His talent came fully into bloom with his interior decorations for national and corporate pavilions at the 1900 Expositions Universelles de Paris. Bolstered by his success in Paris, Mucha began to think about how he might contribute to his country through art, and in 1910, returned to his place of birth. His artwork from this period onward, which brims with a love for his country and its people, included designs for stamps and currencies of the newly formed Czechoslovakia, as well as public works projects. Mucha remained active as an artist until the very end of his life. This exhibition presents 160 of his works, mainly from the Trimal Collection owned by the Czech physician and third-generation collector Zdenek Trimal. On display are oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, color lithograph posters, ornamental panels, and illustrations, 30 of which are being shown in Japan for the first time.
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Piano and Song Concert
Date: Apr. 6 (Sun) 14:00
Lecture: Mucha and His Era
Speaker: Tokyo Station Gallery Director
Date: Apr. 27 (Sun) 14:00
[Image: “Moravia Teachers’ Choir” 1911, lithograph poster]
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Schedule
from March 04, 2014 at 9:30 to May 18, 2014 at 17:30