[95] Alphonse Mucha Gismonda Poster

Gismonda this lovely color lithograph from 1894 is by the czech art nouveau artist alphonse mucha and is titled gismonda. Gismonda victorien sardou s four act play was premiered in the autumn of 1894 at the théâtre de la renaissance in paris sarah bernhardt was both director and actor.

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This poster by mucha was produced to promote the new production which opened on 4 january 1895. Then on christmas eve of 1894 mucha was correcting proofs at a printing press for her play gismonda. Eventually mucha gained patronage from two local counts who funded his formal training in the arts in munich and then paris. Since mucha was the most available artist the printer could find he was sent directly to the theatre.

Czech painter alphonse maria mucha leapt to fame in paris in 1895 when his poster gismonda 1894 for the superstar sarah bernhardt heralded the birth of the distinctive style mucha and established him as the pre eminent exponent of french art nouveau. In the french city mucha devoted himself into publicity. Généralement considéré des travaux fondamentaux du mouvement de nouveau d art gismonda d alphonse mucha est apparu la première fois à paris favorisant en 1895 le jeu de victroien sardou tenant le premier rôle l actrice française sarah bernhardt. The gismonda poster at thirty four and almost half of his life alphonse mucha 1860 1939 seemed to be kind of an unfortunate lad.

The divine sarah was so pleased with the final product that she singed mucha to a six year. This pin was discovered by justin winkel. Affiche de lithographie à partir de 1894. Leave a comment on where mucha s magic began.

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