Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Mucha) 1860-1939 was a Czech painter a practitioner of Art Nouveau, he disregarded condescending artistic approaches considered as high art and dwell in applied art instead of Fine Art. A never-ending discussion about what art is. based on aesthetic value and then defining the concept of aesthetic value itself is always an interesting idea, it is hard to consider a poster, pamphlet, or book cover painter as an artist and we often find ourselves indulging in the argument that art is for the art sake and any commercial aspect related to its core creation makes it lesser art however the commercial value can be added as an aftermath of an artistic masterpiece.
Home Mucha Museum Prague and Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Mucha) 1860-1939 was a Czech painter a practitioner of Art Nouveau, he disregarded condescending artistic approaches considered as high art and dwell in applied art instead of Fine Art. A never-ending discussion about what art is. based on aesthetic value and then defining the concept of aesthetic value itself is always an interesting idea, it is hard to consider a poster, pamphlet, or book cover painter as an artist and we often find ourselves indulging in the argument that art is for the art sake and any commercial aspect related to its core creation makes it lesser art however the commercial value can be added as an aftermath of an artistic masterpiece.
Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Mucha) 1860-1939 was a Czech painter a practitioner of Art Nouveau, he disregarded condescending artistic approaches considered as high art and dwell in applied art instead of Fine Art. A never-ending discussion about what art is. based on aesthetic value and then defining the concept of aesthetic value itself is always an interesting idea, it is hard to consider a poster, pamphlet, or book cover painter as an artist and we often find ourselves indulging in the argument that art is for the art sake and any commercial aspect related to its core creation makes it lesser art however the commercial value can be added as an aftermath of an artistic masterpiece.
