Alphonse and Sarah

 Alfons Maria Mucha (1860  1939) known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Bohemian and Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, and designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.

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Sent by Dominika23 Jul. 2021 on from Pilsen. Czech Republic

Travel time 12 days

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Bières de la Meuse

Sent by Monica on 2 Jun, 2018 from Sydney, Australia

Travel time 10 days

Biscuits Lefevire-Utile 1897

My collection

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Sarah Bernard 1903

Sent by Violet on 7 dec, 2020 from Saratoga Springs, New York

Travel time 16 days 

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Poetry 1898

Sent by Sharon on 11 Jan, 2011 from Eden, Australia 

Travel time 8 days

Art Nouveau

 Bil-Bol, Poster for an Automobile.1907

Finland's National Gallery 

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)

 The poster Bilbol (1907), designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela  marked the beginning of the history of Finnish posters, linking the influence of French tradition and Art Nouveau of Finland.The result was Bil-Bol, the classic of Finnish poster art.

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Monaco-Monte Carlo 1897
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939 )
travel time 8 days
distance travelled 1,518 km
sent by Romi from Sazovice

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 Fulfilment, 1905
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
travel time 9 days
distance travelled 1,606 km
sent by Sabrina from Schwandorf

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Folies Bergère, Fleur de Lotus, 1893
Art Nouveau poster for the Ballet Pantomime
Jules Chéret (1836-1932) France
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,968 km
sent by Jessica,  Fontainebleau, France

Jules Chéret has been called the father of the modern poster.

Palau Güell, Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Gaudi  (1852 -1926 )

Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish architect known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, and one-of-a-kind style. The Palau Güell  (Güell Palace) is a mansion designed by Antoni Gaudí for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Güell and built between 1886 and 1888. It is situated on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in the El Raval neighbourhood of the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".

Most of Gaudi's works are located in Barcelona, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família.

Women and Flowers

Saint Mary Mystical Rose.. 1887

Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki Finland

 George Desvallières ( 1861-1950)

George Desvallières was a French painter. He painted portraits at first, but a relationship with Gustave Moreau turned him towards an interest in mythology and religion.

Francesca

Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki Finland

Väinö Blomstedt (1871-1947) 

Alfred Väinö Blomstedt  was a Finnish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and textile artist. Blomstedt was a symbolist , and he was influenced by, among other things, the Japanese art.

Jewelry designs. Amethyst and Rubin, 1900

Alfons Mucha (1860 – 1939)

Alfons Maria Mucha, known as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels and designs which became among the best-known images of the period.

Art today

Edward Hopper.  Hills, South Truro, 1930 sent by Michael in Herford, Germany

Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.

 Ivana Kobilca (1861- 1926), Woman Drinking Coffee, 1888 sent by Alenka in Koper, Slovenia

Ivana Kobilca is the most prominent Slovene female painter and a key figure of Slovene cultural identity. She was a realist painter who studied and worked in Vienna, Munich, Paris, Sarajevo, Berlin, and Ljubljana.She mostly painted oil paintings and pastels, whereas her drawings are few.The themes include still life, portraits, genre works, allegories, and religious scenes. 

 August Macke (1887 - 1914 ). Indians, 1911 sent by Heike in Bavaria/Germany

August Macke  was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art: he saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe.

 Hans Olde (1885-1917)  Grand duchess Caroline of Saxony Weimar, 1903 sent by Dietmas in Munich, Germany 

Johannes Wilhelm (Hans) Olde was a German painter and art school administrator.

 Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890). Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige) Paris, October - November 1887 sent by Amy in Manchester, England

Van Gogh admired Japanese woodcuts for their bright colours and distinctive compositions. He based this painting of a bridge in the rain on a print by the famous artist Utagawa Hiroshige. Van Gogh made the colours more intense than in the original.

 Alfons Mucha.  Window, St Vitus Cathedral, Prague from  Eliška in Prague, Czech Republic

The stained glass windows are of special to St. Vitus Cathedra and  Alfons Mucha, the Czech Art Nouveau painter, was responsible for the new stained glass windows in the north wall of the cathedral during the 20th century.