Slav Epic & Alphonse Mucha

Many Czechs remember Cape Arkona, on the German island of Rugen (Slavic: Rujana), as a summer tourist destination, different from any other. The parking lot, the lighthouse,  ... Read More

An image of two frightened figures in white, emphasising their innocence. The man and the woman with eyes full of horror are pressed to the ground, behind bushes that barely  ... Read More

Inspiration from the ship The spectacular series of twenty paintings, The Slav Epic, to which Mucha devoted nearly twenty years of work, had its first foundations in place  ... Read More

Alfons Mucha  (24. 7. 1860 – 14. 7. 1939) The world-famous painter and great Czech and Slavic patriot, Alfons (Alphonse) Mucha, grew up in the small town of Ivančice near  ... Read More

Alfons Mucha set the tone of the whole artistic direction of the late 19th century, the period known as Art Nouveau. Commissions at this time became numerous, with Mucha not  ... Read More

There is no one at home: Adoption of the work in Mucha’s homeland (Czech Republic) After some 25 years of life spent working abroad, Alfons Mucha returned to his home  ... Read More

All about: The Slavs in Their Original Homeland Between Turanian Knight and Gothic Sword (egg tempera, oil, canvas, 610 x 810 cm, completed 1912) The introductory picture of  ... Read More