In Alphonse Mucha’s 1898 color lithograph The Arts: Poetry, poetry is personified by a female figure framed by a laurel branch, the attribute of divination and poetry.

CHARLESTON — Traditionally, ornate stained glass is associated with historic churches and libraries. Although the ancient craft dates back centuries, artists in Charleston are helping residents ...

A native New Yorker, Alia Akkam now calls Budapest home. She writes about drinks, design, restaurants, and travel and is the author of Behind the Bar: 50 Cocktail Recipes from the World's Most ...

On Christmas Eve 1894, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a Czech junior designer working alone in a Parisian print shop, received a rush order from actress Sarah Bernhardt for a poster advertising her ...

Gothic cathedrals, cobblestone bridges, and goulash with pilsner—rediscovering Prague's timeless magic through fresh eyes and ...

Mucha’s views were well-known, and he was one of the Gestapo’s earliest arrests. By then, Mucha was seventy-eight years old, and his health was destroyed by the interrogation; he died a few months ...

Alphonse Mucha’s indelible art nouveau images, on view at the Phillips Collection, live on in the visual style of the Grateful Dead, Final Fantasy, comics and more.

A New Show Explores His Lasting Influence The artist's impact has touched everything from album design to manga. Alphonse Mucha, Gismonda (1894). Collection of the Mucha Trust, ©Mucha Trust 2025.

In 1968, when I was 28, I wrote the first English book on art deco. In the early 1960s, art nouveau was the rage, with three admirable books on the subject and major exhibitions of Aubrey ...

Alphonse Mucha’s wish to find a permanent home for his Slav Epic in the Czech Republic may finally come true after the monumental cycle of 20 paintings was left in limbo for almost a century.