Alphonse Mucha~ Artists

Alphonse Mucha is one of my personal favourite artists, his work ranges from paintings and photography to posters and sculpture. The pieces i enjoy most though from Mucha's work is his decorative panels, which usually focus on one subject and creates there image in a goddess or mystical appearance. Usually accompanied by a beautiful floral frame, Mucha's work was a important influence on art and was a proieer for the beginning of the Art Nouveau movement.

His designs are based on the seasons or elements of time and weather, creating somewhat mother nature like characters. I consider this to be an interpetation of the fall, the season, as the women in his panels are shown embodiements of the elements.

I'd like to see how his frame designs, his colours, use of positioning and decorative props can influence the design of my film. What can i encorparate? the use of a decorative frame perphaps, thiers many ideas i can gain from Mucha's work on representing the Fall. Maybe i can also consider story ideas for from his work, maybe focus on a individual character for the film?



Alphonse Mucha - Autumn


Notice his use of both the dieing leaves and the food in the image, showing both the loss of froral life and the harvest of food. It suggests the balance of life and death, an interesting concept that reflects the fall well, in terms of 'when you fall, you must pick yourself back up', like a Fall and Rise.




This is a short insight into Mucha as an artist, if you can find the full documentary, i highly recommend it.