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Tiffany (English version)
A jeweler with an established reputation through the world, Louis Comfort Tiffany was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau movement in the United States. At a time and in a country in perpetual growth, Tiffany succeeded in elevating the decorative to the rank of fine art. His most famous success is his lamps in mosaic of glass, similar to the cathedral’s stained glass window.
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Happy Birthday to Alphonse Mucha
This month Mucha would have been 160 years old.
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Joyeux anniversaire Alphonse Mucha
Ce mois-ci, Mucha aurait eu 160 ans.
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MUCHA RENCONTRE LA CHINE: Une exposition à couper le souffle Mucha à Shanghai
Exposition: Mucha Date: 30 mars au 21 juillet 2019 Lieu: Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, Chine. Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre Mucha: écrit par Patrick Bade et Victoria Charles, publié par Parkstone International. La théâtralité sensuelle du style baroque d’Europe centrale, caractérisé par une décoration luxuriante curviligne inspirée de la nature, nourrit certainement son imagination et lui inspira le goût des «senteurs et des cloches» ainsi que d’un bric-à-brac religieux, qu’il ne perdrait jamais. À l’apogée de sa gloire, son atelier était décrit comme «une chapelle profane… des paravents disposés de part et d’autre, qui auraient bien pu être des confessionnaux, et de l’encens brûlant en permanence. On pense plutôt à la…
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MUCHA MEETS CHINA: A Breathtakingly Beautiful Mucha Exhibition in Shanghai
Exhibition: Mucha Date: 2019.03.30-07.21 Venue: Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, China. The text below is the excerpt of the book Alphonse Mucha, written by Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles, published by Parkstone International. This article is the continuation of part 1, which can be read here. The luxurious theatricality of Central European Baroque with its lush curvilinear and nature-inspired decoration undoubtedly coloured his imagination and inspired a taste for “smells and bells” and religious paraphernalia that remained with him throughout his life. At the height of his fame, his studio was described as being like a “secular chapel… screens placed here and there, that could well be confessionals; and then incense burning all…
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The Art of the Shoe
“You never truly know someone until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” — Anonymous
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Spotlight on Alphonse Mucha
There is something decadently elegant about the Art Nouveau movement. Removed from the academic and classical styles which were so readily seen at the turn of the century, this style had a freedom and flow which had an underlying statement of love and beauty. The curvaceous forms and looping lines of the style accentuate the pieces and lent itself to not just retinal artwork, but home design and architectural displays. Alphonse Mucha, was the father of this movement, with the style being called ‘Le Style Mucha’ when it first came into the public domain, he became famous in this field almost by accident. Mucha hated the term ‘Art Nouveau’ as…
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Art Nouveau
"One can argue the merits and the future of the new decorative art movement, but there is no denying it currently reigns triumphant over all Europe and in every English-speaking country outside Europe; all it needs now is management, and this is up to men of taste.” (Jean Lahor, Paris 1901)
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Where Mucha’s Magic Began: The Gismonda-poster
At thirty-four, and almost half of his life, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) seemed to be kind of an unfortunate lad. Imagine yourself, for instance, going to Vienna because you finally found a job, and, shortly after you arrive, your workplace burns down! Mucha made it to Paris though, and one fine Christmas day in 1894, a woman stepped into his life and changed everything. Doesn’t that give hope? Okay, he did not quite win the heart of that woman – but that would have been expecting too much given who she was: Sarah “G.O.A.T.” Bernhardt. (You don’t know Sarah Bernhardt? Click me, I’m concise information and a photo!) She needed a…
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Alphonse Mucha : l’Art Nouveau est arrivé !
Si la simple évocation du nom de Mucha ne vous donne pas envie de siroter un verre d’absinthe en terrasse d’un bistrot à Montmartre par un bel après-midi de printemps, c’est que vous ne connaissez sûrement pas le monsieur. Alphonse Mucha est né en République tchèque en 1860, déjà doté d’un solide instinct artistique puisqu’il se mit au dessin dès le plus jeune âge. Comme tous les enfants me direz-vous, mais de la part du fils d’un huissier de justice, c’est tout de même pas mal. Refusé par l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Prague (quel don pour dénicher les talents !), le voici qui arrive à Paris en 1887 pour rejoindre l’Académie…
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