Alphonse Mucha defined the visual language of Art Nouveau with his theatrical posters for Sarah Bernhardt and sinuous decorative panels of women entwined in flowers and flowing hair. His pattern books, including Documents Décoratifs, became a design bible for a generation of European illustrators and remain instantly recognisable today.

Works in the Collection

Mucha – Portrait of a Girl with Hands in Hair | Art NouveauMucha – Bosnia-Herzegovina Poster, Paris Exposition 1900Mucha – Lefèvre-Utile Sarah Bernhardt Poster (1903)Mucha – Pater Noster (c.1900) | Art Nouveau LithographMucha – Job Cigarette Paper Poster, Art Nouveau 1896Mucha – Sokol Festival Prague Poster 1926 | Art Nouveau DesignMucha – Primrose (1899) Art Nouveau Decorative PanelMucha – Reverie du Soir | Art Nouveau Evening Poster 1899Mucha – Soleil du Dimanche | Art Nouveau Magazine PosterMucha – Salon des Cent XXme Exposition | 1896 Art Nouveau PosterMucha – Bières De La Meuse, 1899 Art Nouveau Beer PosterMucha – Bleuze-Hadancourt Parfumeur Poster (c.1899)

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