PARIS — Through his early and spectacular success as the preeminent Art Nouveau graphic artist, a psychic burden was foisted upon the Bohemian artist Alphonse Mucha. The tragic double-edged sword of ...

Organic, sinuous lines, with vines snaking around stylized letters, ethereal women with flowing tresses, and botanical borders characterize the style of Art Nouveau, the enduringly popular movement ...

It's arguable that the beautiful Sarah Bernhardt (the famous French actress) was the world’s first international celebrity, and when Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) painted her, the posters of ...

The look of art nouveau is so closely associated with the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha that it has sometimes been called “le style Mucha.” His characteristic flowing lines, inspired by botanical motifs ...

There is no train in “Monaco • Monte-Carlo.” The railway ad instead pictures a woman, poised at the shore’s edge. Encircled in rings of carmine- and blush-tinged blossoms, she looks up, hands held in ...