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Happy Birthday to Alphonse Mucha

The text below is the excerpt of the book Alphonse Mucha, written by Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles, published by Parkstone International.

Mucha in his studio, rue du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, c. 1898.

Mucha’s style was a formula that could easily be imitated by lesser talents but with disagreeable results. Mucha contributed to the popularisation and vulgarisation of his style by publishing…