The Life and Art of alphonse Mu Cha

Moussa was born in Ivan, Moravia, Czech Republic. Bing, although his singing talent made him go to high school, painting since childhood is his favorite. He has a job in Moravia painting decorative objects, mainly landscape paintings used in theaters. From 65438 to 0879, Natsume joined the most important theater design company in Vienna to continue his informal art education, but a fire ended his work. 188 1 year, he returned to Moravia to become a freelance painter of decorative painting and figure painting, and was employed by Count Carl Hoon to paint Hru? Murals of Ovani Makhov Castle; The count was deeply moved by Xia Mu's painting, so he funded him to receive a formal art education at Munich Art School.

Natsume came to Paris on 1887, where he continued to study with Academie Julian and Academie Colarossi. At the same time, he also provides illustrations for magazines and advertisements. On the Christmas Eve of 1894, Natsume was ordered to design a poster for the musical Gismonda, which was performed by Sarah Bernhardt, the most popular musical star in Paris at that time. At that time, everyone went home for the New Year. Unexpectedly, it attracted the attention of Parisians, and Natsume was appreciated by the company and got more and more design opportunities. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was awarded the title of knight by the emperor of Austria-Hungary and the Knight Medal of Honor by the French government.

Xia's works have distinct characteristics of Art Nouveau movement and strong personal characteristics. He created a large number of paintings, posters, advertisements and book illustrations, and also engaged in the design of jewelry, carpets, wallpaper and theater furnishings. Beautiful women in paintings often wear robes in neoclassical style, surrounded by rich flowers, and women often have a halo behind their heads. His new artistic style is often imitated, however, it is a style that Natsume never wants to try all his life. He always insists on the belief that his design comes from the heart, not from any popular design style. He claimed that art exists only to convey spiritual information, that's all; Therefore, he was frustrated with his fame in the commercial art world, and hoped to concentrate on more noble art, and planned to make his birthplace more noble.

Natsume visited the United States from 1906 to 19 10, and then settled in Prague. He added many decorations to the landmarks and theaters in Prague. When Czechoslovakia became independent after World War I, he designed stamps, banknotes and other official documents for the new country. He spent many years creating his masterpiece Slavic Epic, which is a series of great paintings depicting Slavic history. When he was very young, he wanted to realize his dream of celebrating Slavic history.

In the late 1960s, when fascism was surging, the Slavic epic of Xiamu was accused by newspapers as a reactionary. Natsume was the first artist arrested by the Gestapo when the German army entered Czechoslovakia in 1939. During a series of interrogations, he got pneumonia. 1died of lung infection on July 4th, 939 and was buried in Vy? Ellard cemetery.