Artist

Alphonse Mucha

1860–1939 · born in Ivančice · died in Bubeneč

Alphonse Mucha was born in Ivančice, in what is now the Czech Republic. He moved to Paris and became world-famous for his elegant Art Nouveau posters. Later in his life he returned to Prague and painted a huge series of paintings called the Slav Epic. He died in 1939.