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Inside the world of art nouveau visionary who defied nazis, communists

Inside the world of art nouveau visionary who defied nazis, communists

A new Alphonse Mucha exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW will give Australians their first meaningful exposure to a giant of Czech culture.

Elizabeth Fortescue
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Filmic in scale and danger, the arc of artist Alphonse Mucha’s life encompassed the froth and bubble of belle époque Paris and the murderous regime of Nazi Germany.

His work brought him fame and fortune among the European elite, followed by censure and repression under Communist rule in his native Czechoslovakia.

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