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Alphonse Mucha

Alphonse Mucha was a Moravian painter of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. His stlye of painting influenced a large number of painters, graphic artists, draughtsmen, and graphic designers. He believed that true art should be "elevated and epic."

In 1877, Mucha applied to the Academy of Visual Arts in Prague, but his application was denied. Although he didn't get into the academy, he continued attending drawing classes. In 1879, he got a job in Vienna as an assistant in a firm that made stage sets, which is where he gained his knowledge of theatre and the art of interior decoration.

At this point, Mucha was feeling confident enough in his artistic skills to take up portrait painting. It was later on thathe began creating his own posters for the play called "Gismonda." His style was considered so unique that it earned a great deal of attention from the public. This of course influenced Mucha to create more beautiful posters, as well as illustrations for books and magazines.

Mucha and the Art Nouvea era go hand in hand. Most of his paintings consist of beautiful curvy women surrounded by nature or earth-like tones.

William Bradley Research #2

This is another work by Mr. William Bradley. It is called Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co. It was made in the year 1985. I find this poster is very strong. If it were an emotion I would have to say this poster defines love at a distance. The was the artist uses cool colors is very different in comparison to The Twins. I love you he adds just a small amount of white to compliment the blue. It looks like the background is turning light to dark (from left to right).

William Bradley Research #1

This is by artist William Bradley. It was created in May 1894. This poster is called The Twins from a set of The Chapbook series. I really like this poster for its use of color. The red, black and tan color works really well together. The twins look a lot like tomatoes. I also noticed how William used patterns in the foreground and background to create the body's curves. If you pay attention to the poster you can see little outlines of fat horses. The overall reason I picked this poster for my blog is because it looks like I can put it together like a puzzle. Everything fits!