The "Mucha Museum" opened in Prague, Czech Republic, on 13 February 1998. It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the life and work of the artist known as Alphonse Mucha. Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He left the Munich Academy of Fine Arts to move to Paris where he then further developed his growing talent at the Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi in the French capital. He was hired by an advertising company to design posters for theatrical productions. In 1895, he designed a poster for Sarah Bernhardt. Not only did this poster propel Mucha to stardom, but it also revolutionised poster design. He married Maruška Chytilová on June 10, 1906, and they had two children. Mucha contracted pneumonia and died a few weeks before the outbreak of WWII.

The museum opens with a selection of Mucha's decorative panels created at the turn of the 19th century in Paris. These series of themed lithographs are among Mucha’s most popular and well-known works and were created as inexpensive works of art which could decorate even the most modest home. It also presents a selection of Mucha's celebrated fin-de-siècle posters, including two original printer’s proofs of Gismonda, the poster Mucha created for Sarah Bernhardt. Of the works presented in the museum, the majority date from the "Czech" or later period of Mucha’s life; the only early work is "Prophetess".

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