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Alphonse Mucha
Dec. 4th, 2009 05:11 amLast weekend I was looking around the bookstore and found a discounted coffee table book about Alphonse Mucha, the Czech painter who was a very popular painter, poster artist, and commercial art designer of the late 19th and early 20th century. I've seen many framed posters of his work and have always loved his style.
I think that a lot of comic book artists have been influenced by his work, most obvious to me is Adam Hughes, whose covers of Wonder Woman have the same heavy outlined women with the flowing, blending hair and the looping background or foreground designs. Both have strong art nouveau looks.
Mucha did series of four set paintings of the Seasons, each time of year being represented by a beautiful woman with flowing hair and/or gowns. I've thought about doing a similar set of cartoons using bears. I think I'll have to wait until after the holidays, but I'm throwing ideas about in my noggin. My favorite example of the Seasons by Mucha is behind the cut.
( The Seasons - Cut for Size )
I think that a lot of comic book artists have been influenced by his work, most obvious to me is Adam Hughes, whose covers of Wonder Woman have the same heavy outlined women with the flowing, blending hair and the looping background or foreground designs. Both have strong art nouveau looks.
Mucha did series of four set paintings of the Seasons, each time of year being represented by a beautiful woman with flowing hair and/or gowns. I've thought about doing a similar set of cartoons using bears. I think I'll have to wait until after the holidays, but I'm throwing ideas about in my noggin. My favorite example of the Seasons by Mucha is behind the cut.
( The Seasons - Cut for Size )
