Mucha et sarah bernhardt biography

1860Born on July 24 in Ivančice, South Moravia.1879Mucha left for Vienna to work as a scene painter.1883He was invited by Count Khuen Belasi to create decorations for the Emmahof Chateau.1885Mucha, sponsored by Count Khuen Belasi, started studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.1887Mucha left for Paris to pursue studies at Académie Julian in Paris.1892Mucha was commissioned to illustrate Charles Seignobos’s Scènes et épisodes de l’histoire d’Allemagne.1894Mucha designed his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt starring as Gismonda in Vic-tor Sardou’s drama.

This success led to a 6-year contract with “the divine Sarah”.1896Mucha’s first decorative panels – The Four Seasons – were printed.1897In February, his first solo exhibition in Bodinière Gallery in Paris took place, presenting 107 Mucha’s works, which was followed, in May, by an exhibition in Salon de Cent, exhibiting 448 works.

A selection from the latter exhibiti