{"id":249,"date":"2026-10-09T00:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/?p=249"},"modified":"2026-10-09T00:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:33:24","slug":"alphonse-mucha-art-nouveau-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/en\/poster-art\/alphonse-mucha-art-nouveau-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau posters: 6 works worth knowing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Art Nouveau poster<\/strong> was born in Paris in the 1890s, and Alphonse Mucha became its greatest master. On 1 January 1895, his poster <em>Gismonda<\/em> for Sarah Bernhardt covered the walls of the city: haloed women, hair swirling into arabesques, flowers and mosaic ornaments. Within a few months, his style had become the style of an entire era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is who Mucha was, how to recognise his style, 6 of his works worth knowing, the other great Art Nouveau poster artists, and how to bring that spirit into your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who was Alphonse Mucha?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>His origins:<\/strong> Alfons Mucha (Alphonse in French) was born on 24 July 1860 in Ivan\u010dice, Moravia, in today&rsquo;s Czech Republic.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>His training:<\/strong> a theatre set painter in Vienna, then a student at the Munich Academy, he arrived in Paris in 1887 and attended the Acad\u00e9mie Julian and the Acad\u00e9mie Colarossi.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>His early years in Paris:<\/strong> he earned his living illustrating books, catalogues and calendars, notably for the publisher Armand Colin.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Fame:<\/strong> the <em>Gismonda<\/em> poster (1894) made him famous overnight. He won a silver medal at the 1900 Paris World&rsquo;s Fair.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Back home:<\/strong> after a stay in the United States from 1906 to 1910, he returned to Prague, painted <em>The Slav Epic<\/em> until 1928 and designed the first stamps and banknotes of Czechoslovakia. He died in Prague on 14 July 1939.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did the Gismonda poster launch Mucha?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 24 December 1894, Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest actress of her time, asked the Lemercier printing house for a poster for <em>Gismonda<\/em>, the Victorien Sardou play she was performing at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Renaissance. It was Christmas Eve, and Mucha was the only artist available. He took up the challenge. \ud83c\udfad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the morning of 1 January 1895, his posters covered the walls of Paris. Their format was striking: 74.2 cm wide and 2.16 m tall, with the actress shown almost life-size in a gold-embroidered Byzantine gown, holding a palm frond. They were such a hit that collectors cut them off the walls to take them home. Sarah Bernhardt immediately signed him to a six-year contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rpa-pd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alphonse-Mucha-Poster-for-Victorien-Sardous-Gismonda-starring-Sarah-Bernhardt-scaled-1-362x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gismonda poster by Alphonse Mucha: Sarah Bernhardt standing, crowned with flowers, in a gold-embroidered Byzantine gown, holding a palm frond under a mosaic arch\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alphonse Mucha, \u00ab\u00a0Gismonda\u00a0\u00bb, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Renaissance, 1894. Public domain, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France (Gallica) (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alphonse_Mucha_-_Poster_for_Victorien_Sardou%27s_Gismonda_starring_Sarah_Bernhardt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you recognise the Mucha style?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Design feature<\/th><th>What you see<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>A woman at the centre<\/td><td>A young woman, often in profile or three-quarter view, fills the whole poster<\/td><td>Job, The Seasons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arabesque hair<\/td><td>Long locks that curl and become a decorative pattern<\/td><td>Job<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The halo<\/td><td>A circle or an arch behind the head, like an icon<\/td><td>Gismonda, Monaco Monte-Carlo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flowers<\/td><td>Crowns, garlands and branches frame the figure<\/td><td>The Seasons, Monaco Monte-Carlo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mosaic and stained glass<\/td><td>Backgrounds and borders cut into small patterns, outlined in a line<\/td><td>Gismonda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Soft colours<\/td><td>Pastels, ochres and touches of gold rather than bright colours<\/td><td>The Seasons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hand-drawn lettering<\/td><td>The title is part of the design, in ornamental letters<\/td><td>Gismonda, Job<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1902, Mucha gathered his patterns in <em>Documents d\u00e9coratifs<\/em>, a collection of 72 ornamental drawings. By then his style had gone well beyond the poster: in 1901, he even designed an entire jewellery shop, for the jeweller Georges Fouquet on rue Royale in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6 Mucha posters worth knowing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gismonda (1894)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first and the most famous. Its very narrow format, almost that of a door, and the solemn pose of Sarah Bernhardt, haloed by a mosaic arch, make it an image you do not forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La Dame aux cam\u00e9lias (1896)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the play by Alexandre Dumas fils, revived by Sarah Bernhardt at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Renaissance, Mucha kept the same tall vertical format. More posters for the actress followed, including <em>Lorenzaccio<\/em> (1896), <em>M\u00e9d\u00e9e<\/em> and <em>Hamlet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job (1896)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An advertisement for a brand of cigarette paper, it shows a young woman with half-closed eyes, whose huge mane of hair spills out of the frame and curls into scrolls. The letters JOB, in mosaic, repeat in the background. It is the very image of the Mucha style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rpa-pd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alphonse-Mucha-Advertisment-for-Job-cigarettes-1896-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Job poster by Alphonse Mucha: a young woman in profile with long swirling hair holds a cigarette, in front of the letters JOB on a purple background\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alphonse Mucha, advertisement for Job cigarette paper, 1896. Public domain, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France (Gallica) (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alphonse_Mucha_-_Advertisment_for_Job_cigarettes%2C_1896.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Seasons (1896)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a poster, this is a <strong>decorative panel<\/strong>: a series of four lithographs with no advertising text, made to be framed. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter take the shape of four young women in a landscape. Summer, crowned with poppies, dips her feet in the water. Building on this success, Mucha went on to create more series of decorative panels: <em>The Arts<\/em> (1898), <em>The Flowers<\/em> (1898), <em>The Times of the Day<\/em> (1899) and <em>The Precious Stones<\/em> (1900). \ud83c\udf38<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rpa-pd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mucha-Les-Saisons-1896-ete-548x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Summer by Alphonse Mucha: a young woman crowned with poppies, sitting by the water with her feet in it, against a summer sky\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alphonse Mucha, \u00ab\u00a0Summer\u00a0\u00bb, The Seasons series, 1896. Public domain, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France (Gallica) (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mucha_-_Les_Saisons_%281896%29_-_ete.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monaco Monte-Carlo (1897)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young woman kneels with her hands clasped, surrounded by large wheels of flowers, with the sea and the mountains behind her. Commissioned by the PLM railway company, this poster links Art Nouveau with travel posters, whose golden age we tell in our article on <a href=\"\/roadbook\/en\/poster-art\/plm-railway-posters\/\">PLM and SNCF railway posters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large rpa-pd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alfons-Mucha-Monaco-Monte-Carlo-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Monaco Monte-Carlo poster by Alphonse Mucha for the PLM: a young woman kneeling with her hands clasped, surrounded by large wheels of flowers, in front of the sea\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alphonse Mucha, \u00ab\u00a0Monaco Monte-Carlo\u00a0\u00bb, PLM railways, 1897. Public domain (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alfons_Mucha_-_Monaco_Monte_Carlo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Times of the Day (1899)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four narrow panels, each 39 cm by 107.7 cm: <em>Morning Awakening<\/em>, <em>Brightness of Day<\/em>, <em>Evening Reverie<\/em> and <em>Night&rsquo;s Rest<\/em>. Once again, a series designed to decorate a wall, which reads from left to right like a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who were the other Art Nouveau poster artists?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Poster artist<\/th><th>Dates<\/th><th>Key facts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Jules Ch\u00e9ret<\/td><td>1836-1932<\/td><td>Known as the father of the Belle \u00c9poque poster, he brought the colour illustrated poster to the streets of Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eug\u00e8ne Grasset<\/td><td>1845-1917<\/td><td>Engraver, poster artist and decorator, he turned his hand to everything: stained glass, jewellery, furniture, illustration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Th\u00e9ophile-Alexandre Steinlen<\/td><td>1859-1923<\/td><td>The poster for the Tourn\u00e9e du Chat Noir and the cats of Montmartre<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec<\/td><td>1864-1901<\/td><td>Posters for the Moulin Rouge and the cabarets, in bold flat colours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Henri Privat-Livemont<\/td><td>1861-1936<\/td><td>One of the great Belgian masters of the illustrated poster<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec made Montmartre, then the district of artists and cabarets, the setting of their posters. The works of these five poster artists are now in the public domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-01-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Apartment hallway with four tall narrow frames in a row, a wooden console and a jug of dried flowers\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-01-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-01-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-01-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-01.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four narrow frames in a row, like the panels of Mucha&#x27;s Seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Art Nouveau<\/th><th>Art Deco<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Period<\/td><td>From the 1890s to the eve of the First World War, peaking around 1905<\/td><td>From the 1910s to the 1940s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lines<\/td><td>Curves, arabesques, \u00ab\u00a0whiplash\u00a0\u00bb lines<\/td><td>Geometry, symmetry, straight lines<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Motifs<\/td><td>Flowers, vines, hair, insects<\/td><td>Stylised shapes, sunbursts, zigzags, speed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colours<\/td><td>Soft, pastel, touches of gold<\/td><td>Bold, contrasting, black and gold<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Poster artists<\/td><td>Mucha, Grasset, Privat-Livemont<\/td><td>Cassandre, Roger Broders, Paul Colin<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very name Art Nouveau comes from a shop: the Maison de l&rsquo;Art Nouveau, opened in Paris by the art dealer Siegfried Bing on 26 December 1895. Its critics in France nicknamed it the \u00ab\u00a0noodle style\u00a0\u00bb, because of its swirling shapes. For the next chapter of the story, read our article on <a href=\"\/roadbook\/en\/poster-art\/art-deco-style\/\">the Art Deco style<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can you see Mucha&rsquo;s work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Mucha Museum in Prague<\/strong>, housed in the Kaunick\u00fd Palace, a baroque palace in the New Town, and dedicated to the artist.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>The Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet in Paris<\/strong>, which displays the Fouquet jewellery shop Mucha designed in 1901 for 6 rue Royale, dismantled in 1923 and later rebuilt in the museum.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Gallica<\/strong>, the digital library of the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, where many of Mucha&rsquo;s posters can be viewed for free in high definition.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Major exhibitions<\/strong>: the Mus\u00e9e du Luxembourg in Paris held a retrospective from September 2018 to January 2019, and the Grand Palais Immersif an exhibition in 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you bring the Art Nouveau spirit into your home?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hang them as a series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mucha designed his panels in fours: four seasons, four times of the day, four flowers. Borrow the idea with three or four posters of the same size, hung at the same height in a hallway or above a bed. Our <a href=\"\/roadbook\/en\/decor\/gallery-wall\/\">gallery wall<\/a> guide will help you plan the arrangement, and our article on <a href=\"\/roadbook\/en\/decor\/how-to-hang-a-picture-frame\/\">how to hang a picture frame<\/a> will help you find the right height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose thin frames and soft tones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mucha&rsquo;s posters do not sit well in thick frames or next to loud colours. Go for a thin frame in natural or gilded wood, a light wall (cream, sage green, dusty pink), and a few dried flowers or a seasonal bouquet nearby to echo the floral motifs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Go back to Paris in 1900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Art Nouveau was born in Belle \u00c9poque Paris, the Paris of the Eiffel Tower built for the 1889 World&rsquo;s Fair, the Montmartre cabarets and the bookstalls along the Seine. On a day in Paris, we could not resist having portraits of our children done by an artist in Montmartre, before strolling along the Seine from one bookstall to the next as far as Notre-Dame: we tell the story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingtrippers.com\/en\/france-en\/paris-area\/a-day-in-paris-with-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our day in Paris with children on Rolling Trippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"rt-posters-reco\">\n                        <div class=\"rt-posters-reco__grid\">\n                                                        <article class=\"rt-posters-reco__item\">\n                                                    <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/57-affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                <img\n                                    class=\"rt-posters-reco__image\"\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/573-medium_default\/affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.webp\"\n                                    alt=\"Affiche Montmartre - Basilique du Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur\"\n                                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    decoding=\"async\"\n                                >\n                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__product-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/57-affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.html\">\n                                Affiche Montmartre - Basilique du Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/article>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Paris posters do not copy Mucha: they were born from our own photos, in the style of 1930s travel posters. But they share with his panels the same wish to decorate a wall with a memory, and they go very well with an Art Nouveau print in the same arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"rt-posters-reco\">\n                        <div class=\"rt-posters-reco__grid\">\n                                                        <article class=\"rt-posters-reco__item\">\n                                                    <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/62-affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                <img\n                                    class=\"rt-posters-reco__image\"\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/623-medium_default\/affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.webp\"\n                                    alt=\"Affiche Paris - Bouquinistes et Notre-Dame\"\n                                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    decoding=\"async\"\n                                >\n                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__product-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/62-affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.html\">\n                                Affiche Paris - Bouquinistes et Notre-Dame                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/article>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-02-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Bright bedroom with an unmade bed, a wooden bedside table, a vase of poppies and two frames above the headboard\" class=\"wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-02-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-02-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-02-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mucha-02.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two thin frames above the bed and a few poppies, like Mucha&#x27;s Summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"rt-posters-reco\">\n                            <h2 class=\"rt-posters-reco__title\">Our Paris posters, from the Belle \u00c9poque to today<\/h2>\n                        <div class=\"rt-posters-reco__grid\">\n                                                        <article class=\"rt-posters-reco__item\">\n                                                    <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/79-affiche-paris-la-tour-eiffel-au-lever-du-jour.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                <img\n                                    class=\"rt-posters-reco__image\"\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/801-medium_default\/affiche-paris-la-tour-eiffel-au-lever-du-jour.webp\"\n                                    alt=\"Affiche Paris - La Tour Eiffel au lever du jour\"\n                                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    decoding=\"async\"\n                                >\n                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__product-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/79-affiche-paris-la-tour-eiffel-au-lever-du-jour.html\">\n                                Affiche Paris - La Tour Eiffel au lever du jour                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"rt-posters-reco__item\">\n                                                    <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/57-affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                <img\n                                    class=\"rt-posters-reco__image\"\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/573-medium_default\/affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.webp\"\n                                    alt=\"Affiche Montmartre - Basilique du Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur\"\n                                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    decoding=\"async\"\n                                >\n                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__product-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/57-affiche-montmartre-basilique-du-sacre-coeur.html\">\n                                Affiche Montmartre - Basilique du Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"rt-posters-reco__item\">\n                                                    <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/62-affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.html\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                <img\n                                    class=\"rt-posters-reco__image\"\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/623-medium_default\/affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.webp\"\n                                    alt=\"Affiche Paris - Bouquinistes et Notre-Dame\"\n                                    loading=\"lazy\"\n                                    decoding=\"async\"\n                                >\n                            <\/a>\n                            <a class=\"rt-posters-reco__product-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/62-affiche-paris-bouquinistes-et-notre-dame.html\">\n                                Affiche Paris - Bouquinistes et Notre-Dame                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/article>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who was Alphonse Mucha?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Mucha in Czech, 1860-1939) was a poster artist, illustrator and painter born in Moravia. He settled in Paris in 1887, became famous in 1895 with the Gismonda poster for Sarah Bernhardt, and remains the greatest name in Art Nouveau posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Mucha&rsquo;s most famous poster?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gismonda, created at the end of 1894 for Sarah Bernhardt and posted in Paris on 1 January 1895, is his most famous poster. It measures 74.2 cm by 2.16 m. Job (1896) and The Seasons series (1896) are also among his most reproduced works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are Mucha&rsquo;s works in the public domain?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In France, a work enters the public domain 70 years after its author&rsquo;s death, on the following 1 January. Since Alphonse Mucha died in 1939, his works have been in the public domain since 1 January 2010. A recent photograph or reproduction may, however, carry its own rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you recognise an Art Nouveau poster?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Art Nouveau poster can be recognised by its curved lines, its flower and vine motifs, its female figures with long flowing hair, its soft colours and its decorative lettering built into the image. Most date from the 1890s to the 1910s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can you buy a Mucha print?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Mucha&rsquo;s works are in the public domain, prints can be found in museum shops, at bookstalls and from many publishers. For good quality, choose a print made from a high-definition scan, such as those of the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More than a century of beauty on the wall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his posters, Mucha took art into the street, and with his decorative panels, he brought it into people&rsquo;s homes. More than a century later, his panels have not aged a day. To keep exploring, read our other articles on <a href=\"\/roadbook\/en\/poster-art\/\">poster art<\/a>, and browse our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/en\/10-france-poster\">France posters<\/a> to put together your own series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gismonda, Job, The Seasons: how Alphonse Mucha invented the Art Nouveau poster, how to recognise his style and how to hang it at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rpb_planned_date":"","rpb_link_anchors":"Alphonse Mucha,Mucha,Art Nouveau poster,Art Nouveau posters,Art Nouveau","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poster-art"],"rpb_lang":"en","rpb_translations":{"en":249,"fr":248},"rpb_image_prompts":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollingposters.com\/roadbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}