Alphonse Mucha

Alphonse Mucha was a Czech  painter that took part of the Art Nouveau movement. He's well known highly because of his outstanding style.

Throughout his life Mucha has created a number of illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. His art looks just like a printed masterpiece. 

In his works Mucha embodied the perfection of the female body, all the fine curves and beautiful faces. This perfection of the female figure was done by using very smooth textures and fine thin outlines so that everything is neatly done.

Visually his works looked very graphic as he painted them in fine lines and very few shades. Together this element has created an idea of 2-D and 3-D 

[Alphonse Mucha, 1899 Posters for 'Moët & Chandon']

[Alphonse Mucha, 1899 Primrose and Feather]

Today we still look back at the magnificent illustrations of Mucha as they are very interesting and appealing.

Here are 3 examples of everyday wear that ara influenced by Mucha's prints.

Back in 2013 Anne Sui designed a resort collection for the runway that was inspired by Mucha's floral prints and patterns.

The choice of colours was brilliant as they reflect perfectly the idea behind Muchas paintings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha, [Accessed on 15/05/14]

Saturday, 13 April 2013, Art and artists, http://poulwebb.blogspot.com/2013/04/alphonse-mucha-part-4.html, [Accessed on 15/05/14]

Cynthia Francis, designs inspired by art, sculpture, painting, http://cynthiafrancis.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/designs-inspired-by-art-sulpture-painting/, [Accessed on 15/05/14]

 

 

Arts & Crafts - William Morris

William Morris was an English designer, writer and lecturer which took part of the 'Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood' and English 'Arts & Crafts movement'. He began his artistic skills by studying at the oxford university and afterwords he began his training as an architect.

Morris was a great friend of Dante Gabriell Rossetti, infect in several paintings of Dante there's featured William's wife 'Jane Morris'.

Morris founded an art firm in collaboration with Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Webb, and others, this was called 'Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co' & later in 1875 he started his own firm 'Morris & Company'.

The designer William was very much influenced by medievalist, and in his pattern designs you can easily identify the inspirations of certain leaves etc..

He was a pattern genius with brilliant ideas.

William wallpaper designs and interior decor had revolutionized the idea of arts and crafts. In fact the medieval inspired patterns had became as his trade-mark.

Now a days Morris is a very common source of inspiration in several different sectors of the design industries all over the world.

• Fashion industry

New York fashion week autumn/winter collection of Ostwald Helgason, Alice + Olivia and Tory Burch 2013.

The designer shows their clear inspirations from Morris as they transferred several patterns and made them their own by creating garments that are fashion forward.

The one garment that stood out the most in my idea was the Alice + Olivia Floral Skirt. It's is beautifully sewn and has a magnificent pattern/colour scheme.

[Alice + Olivia Floral Skirt , New York Fashion Week, 2013]

Alex Korchynski, March 23,2013,Design, William Morris inspires at New York Fashion Week,  http://www.thegenteel.com/articles/design/william-morris, [Accessed on 20/03/14]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris, [Accessed on 20/03/14]