Talk:Alfons Mucha

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[edit] Dancel

Does anyone know where I might be able to order a poster-sized print of Dancel? It's an absolutely beautiful image, and I'd love to have it on my office wall. TIA. Microtonal...(Put your head on my shoulder) 03:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Here. Pavel Vozenilek 17:39, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
That is not the original though. But I know they sell them at the Mucha museum in Prague, I bought one there. Maybe you could contact them and ask them to send you one ? Detnauh 07:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

We're going to delete Alfons Mucha's paintings from Commons. The copyright details are complicated,

The case is difficult anyway. Which law has to be applied? Is it the law of the location, where he created these works? He worked in Czechoslovakia, Germany, France, and the USA. Is it the law of the state, he was citizen of, when he created these works? I suppose, he was citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian empire and of Czechoslovakia, at least. Is it really the law of todays Czech Republic, that has to be applied to works created in Paris or Munich by a citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian empire? Is it the law of the location, where copies of the works are intended to be used? Commons images can be used everywhere. Is it the law of the location, where the originals are deposited? Difficult to talk about originals of advertisment posters. As far as can be said from the text on the posters, most of them where created in France. And Alfons Mucha was in Paris between 1889 and 1904, at a time when Czechoslovakia was not yet existing. So, maybe French law is the most relevant. --Franz Xaver 20:36, 11 April 2006 (UTC)}}

It was decided to delete them as per the death of author + 70 years rule. It may still be admissible on English Wikipedia as per {{PD-US}}. If you are interested in keeping them, you should move them to English Wikipedia. Thanks. Fred-Chess 14:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal life

I would like to know what Mucha's religion was in relation to the religious paintings and drawings he created. --Ethii 00:12, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Mucha was raised in a catholic family and was a freemason--Georgius 11:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carnavalet shop

The Carnavalet museum in Paris has the re-located decoration of an Art Nouveau jewelry shop, the design of which Mucha participated in. --Error 18:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alphonse vs. Alfons

Most English-language sources seem to use "Alphonse", including the English version of the website of the Mucha Museum in Prague (although the Czech version uses Alfons). Wikipedia's guideline on naming suggests using the name that English speakers will most readily recognize, so maybe the article should be moved to Alphonse Mucha? —Celithemis 00:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Celithemis on this. The guidelines and common English usage suggest to use 'Alphonse'. SnappingTurtle 01:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ad?

There's a cola ad on TV in North America where people run into a square. There's a banner that says "Aflons Mucha" in one scene. Does anyone know if this ad is filmed in Prague perhaps? Krupo 01:29, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Prague has several companies that are very busy producing ads. No matter where it was filmed the article is about dead painter, not today ad. Pavel Vozenilek 19:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] second world war?

At the outbreak of the Second World War he was arrested and questioned by German occupiers.

No kidding. World War II started on September 1st. This chap died on July 14th. (But by that time Germany already did occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia).

Do change the sentence, someone.

[edit] Legal controversy section

I've removed the legal controversy section as it seemed only vaguely related to the subject matter and had absolutely no explanation as why it was there. If anyone can come up with a better reason for it being there then they can put it back in. --WaterWolf 19:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

And I've removed an allegation that someone else plagiarized Mucha's works, for similar reasons. (Also, it smelled like original research.) grendel|khan 17:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Instead of smelling it, why not check the reference provided? =)
Children of God#Plagiarized art has the appropriate references. Even the artist herself admitted that the work was copied. I don't see why a brief mention should not be included. Joie de Vivre 18:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I have reincorporated the "legal controversy" mention but only as part of the Legacy section. Jiri Mucha is mentioned in the section and the judgment is interesting as it related A. Mucha's travel to Czechoslovakia and his correspondence with his family. I will wait to hear what you have to say about the plagiarism issue. Joie de Vivre 19:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Okay, give us a chance to respond ! Mucha has been copied and plagiarised by hundreds of artists over the years. Mucha is a major artist of the 20th century, this Tamar person is insignificant and does not even have their own entry in wikipedia. Clearly they copied a lot of artists to come up with their drawings, the fact that one of them was a Mucha is not significant enough to require an entry in an encyclopedia. This item might be put in the Children of God article if it's relevant enough to it, but I don't believe it belongs in this article. I'd vote to remove it.
--WaterWolf 12:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I am sorry for getting ahead of you! Please excuse me. I will take more time in waiting next time.
Is it true that he has been plagiarized a lot? What I have done is condense the entry about "Tamar" and perhaps what you could do is expand the section to include other instances of plagiarism. I think that the fact he was plagiarized is interesting in and of itself, that his work was considered so good as to be worthy of "the sincerest form of flattery". I saw something about posters at the Fillmore. That might be a good place to start.
Do you have more information about the extent of the plagiarism of Mucha? Please let me know what you think of including this section. Joie de Vivre 15:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I probably should have reverted the page, but I copied and pasted an older version over the vandalized part by oh-so-mature 164.58.145.60. Feel free to revert if I've messed something up. --144.91.50.183 02:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)