Q: Apart from a bolder color palette, your recent work also appears to differ at times in execution, with drips of paint or distressed underpainting – are you experimenting with new approaches, or are you simply delving deeper into enhanced depictions of your traditional subjects? A: As it follows...

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Self-Portrait 1907 oil on canvas 28.5 x 44 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Alphonse (Alfons) Mucha (1860 – 1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist born in 1860 born in the town of Ivančice, Moravia. He is best known for his luxurious poster and product designs, which encapsulate the Art Nouveau style. Contemporary interest in his work was revived in 1980 after an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. For biographical notes on Mucha see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 10 also. This is part 11 of a 12-part series on the works of Alphonse Mucha: 1920 Winter Night oil on canvas 300 x 201 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1920 Winter Night photographic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1920 Winter Night study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1920 Winter Night study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1920 Winter Night study oil on cardboard 73 x 60 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Mucha working on Winter Night © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1920 Young Girl In A Moravian Costume oil on canvas 52.6 x 55.2 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1921 Poster for Mucha Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum watercolour on paper 116 x 70 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1921 Cover for 'Hearst's International' December © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Cover for 'Hearst's International' January © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Photographic Study for 'Hearst's International' January © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1921 Cover for 'Hearst's International' April © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Original 1916 Spring oil on canvas 60.3 x 40.5 © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Study for 'Spring' © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Cover for 'Hearst's International' May © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1919 Original ( with design added ) oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1910 Spring Night oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.8 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Cover for 'Hearst's International' June © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Photographic study for 'Hearst's International' June © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Cover for 'Hearst's International' July © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Photographic study for 'Hearst's International' July © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Original for 'Heart's International' October gouache, crayon and watercolour on paper 40 x 28.5 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Design for 'Heart's International' gouache, crayon and watercolour 55 x 38 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris n.d. Design for 'Heart's International' watercolour © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1922 Book Cover 'Utok More' 25 x 18 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris c1924-25 Jaroslava Mucha coloured pencils heightened with gouache 51 x 41 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1925 Portrait of Jiri oil on canvas 72 x 65 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1925 Portrait of Jiri photographic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1925 Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Jaroslava oil on canvas 72 x 65 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1925 Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Jaroslava pencil and gouache on paper © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1926 Poster for the '8th Sokol Festival Prague' lithograph 123 x 82.7 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1927 'De Forest Phonofilm' Poster © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1927 'De Forest Phonofilm' photographic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1927 Cover of 'JAS' ( Artwork from 1918 ) © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris c1930 Portrait of Jaroslava oil on canvas 82 x 65 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris c1930 Portrait of Jaroslava photograhic study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris c1930 Portrait of Jaroslava Mucha in Czech National Costume pencil and white paint on paper © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1931 Stained glass window design in Prague’s Gothic St. Vitus cathedral: 1931 Design for a stained-glass window in St. Vitus Cathedral pen and watercolour on paper 116 x 70 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1931 Design for a stained-glass window in St. Vitus Cathedral 1931 Design for a stained-glass window in St. Vitus Cathedral detail 1931 Design for a stained-glass window in St. Vitus Cathedral detail 1933 Woman with a Burning Candle oil on canvas 78 x 79 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1935 Cover of 'La Vie Bordelaise 1936-38 Triptych In 1936 Mucha embarked on yet another mammoth project involving a triptych, 'The Age of Wisdom', 'The Age of Love' and 'The Age of Reason'. They were never completely finished: 1936-38 The Age of Love pencil, watercolour and gouache 30.5 x 35.5 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1936-38 The Age of Reason pencil and watercolour 30.5 x 35.5 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris 1936-38 The Age of Wisdom pencil and watercolour 35 x 32 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris A Study of a Girl pastel 65 x 39 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris The following is a small selection of Mucha's works that I couldn't fine dates for, so won't be in chronological order: Chansons d'Aïeules ( Grandmother's Songs ) © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Contemplation © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Envisage crayon 36 x 51.5 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Four Seasons study © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Four Seasons © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Head of a Girl © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Packaging for 'Biscuits' lithograph 30.5 x 22.9 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt oil on canvas 146 x 80 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Solitude oil on canvas 61.5 x 35 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris The Enchantress oil on canvas 65.4 x 49.6 cm © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris Untitled watercolour © Alphonse Mucha Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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Takato Yamamoto was born in Akita prefecture (Japan) in 1960. After graduating from the painting department of the Tokyo Zokei University, he experimented with the Ukiyo-e Pop style. He further ref…