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Alfons Maria Mucha (Czech:\u00a0 \u00a024 July 1860 \u2013 14 July 1939), known as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau<\/a> painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivan\u010dice, Moravia (currently a region of the Czech Republic). In 1871, Mucha became a chorister at the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, Brno, where he received his secondary school education. It is there that he had his first revelation, in front of the richness of\u00a0Baroque art<\/a>. During the four years of studying there, he formed a friendship with Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek who would become the greatest Czech composer of his generation. Although his singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school, currently known as Gymn\u00e1zium Brno, t\u0159\u00edda Kapit\u00e1na Jaro\u0161e 14, in the Moravian capital of Brno, drawing had been his main hobby since childhood. He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery. In 1879, he relocated to Vienna to work for a major Viennese theatrical design company, while informally augmenting his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his employer’s business during 1881 he returned to Moravia, to do freelance decorative and portrait painting. Count Karl Khuen of Mikulov hired Mucha to decorate Hru\u0161ovany Emmahof Castle with murals and was impressed enough that he agreed to sponsor Mucha’s formal training at the\u00a0Munich Academy of Fine Arts<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alphonse_Mucha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13292,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[79],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15715","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-paintings"],"yoast_head":"\n