1985 Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau Ladies of the Seasons Decorative Wall Plates - Set of 4

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From the master of the Art Nouveau movement, here is a set of four vintage decorative wall plates featuring the … Read more From the master of the Art Nouveau movement, here is a set of four vintage decorative wall plates featuring the work of the renowned Alphonse Mucha. Each plate depicts one of each lady of the four seasons.
A timeless classical theme interpreted masterfully here:
1 lady of spring
1 lady of summer
1 lady of autumn
1 lady of winter
Manufactured in limited quantities in the 1980's in Germany by Hutschenreuther. Each plate is stamped and hand numbered, will arrive in original boxes with certificates of authenticity.

More about Mucha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Alphonse Mucha

Mucha in 1928
Born Alfons Maria Mucha
24 July 1860
Ivančice, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died 14 July 1939 (aged 78)
Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Education Munich Academy of Fine Arts
Académie Julian
Académie Colarossi
Known for Painting, illustration, decorative art, architecture
Notable work The Slav Epic
The Seasons
Movement Art Nouveau
Awards Legion of Honour (France), Knight of the Order of Franz Joseph (Austria)
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Alfons Maria Mucha[1][2] (Czech: [ˈalfons ˈmuxa] ⓘ; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939),[3] known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylised and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt.[4] He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.[5]

In the second part of his career, at the age of 57, he returned to his homeland and devoted himself to a series of twenty monumental symbolist canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world,[3] which he painted between 1912 and 1926. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. He considered it his most important work. See less