Description
ALPHONSE MUCHA - FEATHER - STAINED GLASS PANEL ART NOUVEAU MAIDEN 1899
Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards and designs.
- Measures approximately 5" x 12"
- The glass panel is made with hand applied, high quality color pigmentation that is kiln fired and fused to the glass in multiple layers creating rich color that will not fade or scratch off.
- It is framed in metal with two eyelets to attach the included metal chain for hanging. Also included is an acrylic easel in the event you would prefer to display it on a table or shelf.
Young Alphonse Mucha had a beautiful singing voice which enabled him to earn his own secondary school fees in the Moravian capital Brno. However, drawing continued to be his great passion and - aged 19 - he left for Vienna where he worked as an apprentice draughtsman for a studio that designed and decorated theater scenery. Upon his return to Moravin (in what is currently the Czech Republic) his talent was spotted by the wealthy Count Karl Khuen-Belasi, who enabled him to study at the Akademie der Bildenden Kuneste in Munich. Mucha continued his studies in Paris, the Mecca of the art world at the time. He made extra money drawing illustrations for magazines and advertisements. Quite unexpectedly, this proved to be designed on the spot for the play Gismonda starting the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. A few weeks later, Paris was covered in posters and they were stolen en masse. Mucha instantly became the most in demand illustrator of the Belle Epoque. The artist was not entirely happy with the rapid triumph of Art Nouveau in the decorative arts. He kept emphasizing that his art followed his Slavic soul, not some fashionable trend. His inspirations were old religious art, symbolism and Japanese prints with their stylized lines and clear cut structure which had been rediscovered in the 19th Century.
This panel was the first of the Primrose and Feather panels to be published. The geometrical mosaic motif contrasts with the floral ornamental circle inspired by nature in the companion piece Primrose. A version of this design was used to advertise the J. Royer printing company.
The Mucha Foundation is an independent, non-profit charity devoted to preserving and conserving the Mucha Trust Collection and promoting the work of Alphonse Mucha.
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