Gismonda — Alphonse Mucha

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Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Date: 1894
Location: National Gallery Prague

ART MOVEMENTS

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THE ARTIST

Alphonse Mucha

Alphonse Mucha, the Czech master of Art Nouveau, transformed theatrical posters and advertisements into lush, iconic works featuring graceful female figures.

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Further Works by Mucha

Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc 1909 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

EXPLORE THE MOVEMENT

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Crouching Nude in Shoes and Black Stockings, Back View Schiele · 1912 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Lady in a High Hat Klimt · 1882 · Art Institute of Chicago

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More works to explore

Beyond Mucha and Jugendstil: works from the same years, and from the other movements Gismonda belongs to.

Same movement · Vienna Secession Street Cart Egon Schiele · 1914 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Same era · 1870s–1900s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons

Same movement · Vienna Secession Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm Gustav Klimt · 1903 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Same era · 1870s–1900s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig

Same era · 1870s–1900s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1870s–1900s Madame Léon Clapisson Léon-Victor Dupré · 1883 · Art Institute of Chicago

Same era · 1870s–1900s Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda

Same era · 1870s–1900s A Farm in Brittany Paul Gauguin · 1894 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art