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 Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 10 |
| Germany | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 6 |
| France | 4 |
| Spain | 3 |
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Musée d´Orsay, France |
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National Gallery of Australia, Australia |
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Biography: 
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Courtesy by "Mucha Museum, Prag"
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24.7.1860 Born in Ivančice, Brno-venkov (CZ)
1879 Goes to Vienna to work as a theatrical scene painter
1883 Invited by Count Khuen-Belassi to decorate his castle at Emmahof in Austria
1885 Beginn seines Studiums an der Münchner Akademie der Künste, gefördert von Graf Khuen-Belassi
1887 Moves to Paris to study at the Académie Julian
1892 Commissioned to illustrate "Scenés et épisodes de l'histoire d'Allemagne" by Charles Seignobos
1894 Designs his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt, Gismonda, a play by Victor Sardou. This success leads to a six year contract with "la divine Sarah"
1896 Mucha's first decorative panels "The Four Seasons" are printed
1897 February: first one man exhibition at the Bodiniére Gallery, Paris, showing 107 works, followed in May by the Salon des Cent's Mucha exhibition, which shows 448 works
1899 Receives commission from the Austro-Hungarien Government for the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition
1900 Begins to work on designs for Georges Fouquet's jewellery shop, one of the outstanding Art Nouveau interiors
1902 Publishes "Documents Décoratifs", a hand book for craftsmen
1905 "Figures Décoratives" is published
1906 Mucha moves to America, where he teaches and paints many oil portraits
1910 Returns to Prague to work on the "Slav Epic"
1911 Completes the murals for the Prague Town Hall (Obecní dům), the last major interior decoration in the Art Nouveau style in Prague
1918 The independent state of Czechoslovakia is created. Mucha designs postage stamps and bank notes
1921 Successful exhibition of Mucha's work at the Brooklyn Museum, New York
1928 The complete cycle of the "Slav Epic" is officially presented to the Czech people and the City of Prague
1931 Commissioned to design a stained glass window for the St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague
1939 Mucha is among the first to be arrested by the Gestapo when the Germans invade Czechoslovakia. He is allowed to return home but his health is impaired by the ordeal.
14. July, Mucha dies in Prague and is buried at Vyehrad cemetery
14.7.1939 Died in Praha (CZ)
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Public exhibitions 46
until 24.1.2010
until 24.1.2010
until 10.1.2010
Solo shows 20
2009
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| Alfons Mucha - Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| In Praise of Women - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest, Budapest |
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| Alphonse Mucha - Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna |
2008
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| Alphonse Mucha - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Alphonse Mucha - CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid |
2007
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| Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Extraordinaire - Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA |
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| Alfons Mucha - The National Museum in Warsaw - The Gallery of 20th-century Polish Art, Warsaw |
2006
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| Alphonse Mucha & Art nouveau - MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et Contemporain, Ličge |
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| Alphonse Mucha - In the Heart of Art Nouveau - Gl. Holtegaard, Holte |
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| Alphonse Mucha - Turku Art Museum, Turku |
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| Alphonse Mucha - The Spirit of Art Nouveau - Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki |
2004
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| Alphonse Mucha - Mucha Museum, Prague |
2003
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| Alfons Mucha - Museum Villa Stuck, Munich |
1999
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| Alphonse Mucha - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA |
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| Alphonse Mucha - The Spirit of Art Nouveau - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC |
1998
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| Alphonse Mucha - The Spirit of Art Nouveau - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
1997
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| Alfons Mucha - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
1995
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| Alphonse Mucha - Bunkamura, Tokyo |
1981
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| Alfons Mucha - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
1963
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| Alphonse Mucha: Art Noveau - Grosvenor Gallery, London (England) |
Group shows 23
2008
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| Blake to Kahlo to Warhol: Masterworks from the Harry Ransom Center - El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA), El Paso, TX |
2007
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| Paris 1900 - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| Exoticisms in 20th-century Art in Bohemia and Moravia - Czech Museum of Fine Arts - Ceské muzeum vytvarných umeni v Praze, Prague |
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| Grund, Mucha, Capek - Leopold Museum, Vienna |
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| České výtvarné uměni 19. století ve sbírkách Galerie moderního umění - Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové / Gallery of Modern Art, Hradec Králové |
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| Czech Vision - Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec und die Stars vom Montmartre - Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren |
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| The birth of the modern poster - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
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| Gartenträume - Plakatkunst von Mucha bis Staeck - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus (Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus), Cottbus |
2006
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| Kresba 19. století ve sbírce ZČG v Plzni - Západočeská galerie, Pilsen |
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| Autour de 1900 : un ensemble Art Nouveau - La donation Rispal - Musée d´Orsay, Paris |
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| Kunst und Dekoration. Der Traum vom Jugendstil - LMO Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg Prinzenpalais, Oldenburg |
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| Toulouse-Lautrec and the French Imprint - Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ |
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| Figures of the Player, the Paradox of the Actor - Collection Lambert, Avignon |
2005
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| Pariser Leben. - Toulouse-Lautrec und die Künstler des Montmartre - Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Cologne |
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| Dans l'atelier - Musée d´Orsay, Paris |
2004
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| Les murs s'affichent - Affiches de la Belle Epoque - Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels |
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| 1904 - Art at the Fair - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
2000
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| Wings of Glory - Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague |
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| Dans la rue - Franse affiches uit het Stedelijk - Museum De Beyerd, Breda |
1999
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| Degas to Picasso - Painters, Sculptors and the Camera - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
1998
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| Dance Hall Days - French posters from Chéret to Toulouse-Lautrec - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT |
1977
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| documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel |
Public collections 11
Austria
Belgium
| | Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
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Czech Republic
| | Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě, Dum umeni, Ostrava
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France
| | Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg
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Japan
| | Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki
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| | MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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| | NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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USA
| | The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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| | The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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| | Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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