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Austria at the World Exposition, Paris,
1900
Alphonse Mucha, 1860–1939; born Ivančice, Czechia; died Prague
Rudolf Grossmann, German, 1882–1941
Printed by Kunstanstalt S. Czeiger, Austrian, active early 20th century
Published by Ferdinand Champenois, French, active 1859–1927
Rudolf Grossmann, German, 1882–1941
Printed by Kunstanstalt S. Czeiger, Austrian, active early 20th century
Published by Ferdinand Champenois, French, active 1859–1927
x1970-11
The intertwined arabesques of Mucha’s elaborate poster designs epitomize the Art Nouveau style fashionable in Paris at the turn of the century. Born in Czechoslovakia and trained as a decorative artist in Munich, Mucha moved to Paris in 1887, and by the end of the century he had established a successful career as an influential painter and graphic designer. Mucha received several commissions to design posters, displays, and exhibition halls for the Paris Exposition of 1900—a World’s Fair celebrating the cultural achievements of the previous century. Chief among these was a prestigious commission for a series of murals for the Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, territories seized from Ottoman rule by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1878.
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Title
Austria at the World Exposition, Paris
Dates
1900
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Medium
Color lithographic poster
Dimensions
101 × 69.5 cm (39 3/4 × 27 3/8 in.)
frame: 121.9 × 94.3 × 3.2 cm (48 × 37 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
x1970-11
Place Made
Europe, Austria, Vienna
Inscription
Inscribed in stone, upper right: OESTERREICH / auf der / WELTAUSSTELLUNG / Paris 1900
Inscribed in stone the names of various buildings at the exposition and their architects, right
Signed in stone, lower left: Mucha
Inscribed in stone, lower right: KUNSTANSTALT S. CZEIGER WIEN.
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