Stoidiaca 1897 Calendar
Stoidiaca 1897 Calendar by Czech Painter Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Maria Mucha: 1860 – 1939) duine de na healaíontóirí is mó éilimh agus aitheanta i dTréimhse Art Nouveau.
Zodiac c1896 is an outstanding example of Mucha’s Art Nouveau Mastery. It was the first piece of artwork he created for the print company Champenois, and it incorporates twelve zodiac symbols situated as a halo disk behind a side profile of a young lady’s head.
It is beautifully adorned with various patterns and a complex floral arrangement made up of plants, flowers and vines, which are placed along the perimeter of the image; while the young lady with her flowing orange hair has her head adorned with a jeweled headdress of gold and ivory pieces; with a globe above her forehead and pendants hang on the side of her face; accented with a large jeweled and ivory necklace.
This piece gained the notice of Léon Deschamps, who at the time was the chief editor of La Plume Magazine and he purchased the rights to distribute the artwork as the magazine’s calendar of 1897. This was one of Mucha’s most popular designs, with at least 9 variants being made including the base image that contains no text which was created in 1896.
At the top is the inscription LA PLUME – Revue Bi-Medsuell Illustree Ab 12:00 15 par An Le 60 ccop – 31, Rue Bonaparte, Páras – Salon des Cent_Bibliotheque Artistiqu et Litteraire
Is é atá i gceist leis seo ná sean-mháistrí ealaíne digití atáirgeadh ar íomhá fearainn phoiblí.
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Alfons Maria Mucha Iúil 24, 1860 – Iúil 14, 1939), tugadh Alphonse Mucha air go hidirnáisiúnta. Péintéir feiceálach Seiceach a bhí ann, maisitheoir agus ealaíontóir grafach, ina gcónaí i bPáras le linn na tréimhse Art Nouveau, agus is fearr aithne air mar gheall ar a phóstaeir amharclainne maisithe go stílithe agus go maisiúil, go háirithe iad siúd Sarah Bernhardt.
Tháirg sé léaráidí, fógraí, painéil mhaisithe, agus dearaí, a tháinig i measc na n-íomhánna is cáiliúla den tréimhse.
Sa dara cuid dá shlí bheatha, ag aois 43, d’fhill sé ar a thír dhúchais i réigiún Bohemia-Moravia san Ostair agus chaith sé é féin ag péinteáil sraith de fiche canbhás séadchomhartha ar a dtugtar The Slav Epic, ag léiriú stair na bpobal Slavach uile ar domhan, a phéinteáil sé idir 1912 agus 1926.
I 1928, ar chomóradh 10 mbliana neamhspleáchas na Seicslóvaice, chuir sé an tsraith i láthair náisiún na Seice. Mheas sé gurb é an obair ba thábhachtaí é. Tá sé ar taispeáint anois i bPrág.