Everything Alphonso Mucha

Our first day in Prague was an Alphonso Mucha day. Alphonso Mucha was a Czech artist who initially gained fame for his Art Nouveau prints but branched out into design and jewellery. His productive time was between 1900 and 1931. He was also a Czech nationalist and he branched out into nationalistic paintings after Czech gained its independence from Austria in 1918. We started at the Mucha museum. It was a little on the small side for the price but had his major prints and a good movie about his life. We then went and took a tour of the municipal building which despite the name was a concert hall done in the Art Nouveau style. They had commissioned Mucha to paint some of the rooms After the municipal building we were all tired out so we chilled at our apartment. After supper Cheryl and I went and found one of the hanging men statues. Cheryl and I had a good night's sleep. The girls not so well and it had nothing to do with the 5 pm coffee we warned them against.Read more