oldroze:

Alphonse Mucha, Portrait of Mucha’s Daughter, Jaroslava (c.1927-1935)

   Jaroslava, Mucha’s first child, was born in 1909 in New York, during the family’s stay in America. She appears in numerous pictures and designs, including Czechoslovak banknotes.
   In this half-length frontal portrait, Jaroslava sits in an elaborate white headscarf with her chin in her hands.
   When Mucha was working on the Slav Epic at Zbiroh, Western Bohemia, Jaroslava not only posed for the paintings, but also worked as her father’s technical assistant. This early training may have helped her pursue her career as a conservator of fine art.

oldroze:

Alphonse Mucha - Woman in the Wilderness (1923)

   Also known as Star and Siberia, this painting could be seen to express Mucha’s love for Russia and her people.

   As a young man, Mucha was strongly influenced by Pan-Slavism and regarded Tsarist Russia as an epitom of Slavic values.

   Produced in 1923, this painting may have been Mucha’s response to the terrible sufferings endured by the Russian people after the Bolshevik Revolution, which culminated in the Great Famine of 1921. In this painting, a Russian peasant woman, symbolising the suffering of the nation, sits quietly with a gesture of acceptance of her inevitable fate. However, the star shining above her indicates hope and spiritual salvation.

Alphonse Mucha. Born July 24, 1860 - Died July 14, 1939

classicaldrawing:

Alfons Maria Mucha (Alphonse Mucha)

Drapery study

Late 19th- to early 20th cen.

colourthysoul:

Alphonse Mucha - Age of Wisdom (1938)