Mucha

I　visited Mucha exhibition this Monday at National Palace Museum.

Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939) was a Czechoslovakian Art Nouveau artist who pioneered a sensuous, ornate style replete in stained glass colors, elaborately curving lines and ethereal women. Realizing that living people created the art he admired in churches, Mucha became inspired to paint. Moving to Paris, he was initially the archetypical starving artist, until Sarah Bernhardt asked him to create a poster for the play, “Gismonda.” The life-size poster, which was the antithesis of artistic trends of the day, was a sensation. Bernhardt signed him to a six-year contract, and he became a household name. Mucha’s style experienced an enthusiastic revival in the 1960s, particularly in psychedelic posters.

He's one of my favorite artist.

National Palace Museum

His paiting is spectacular and hs a significant story.

Here is a website and click a picture which you want to check, then move your mouse on the picture, it will show you the detail on the right side.
All Posters