Menu for the Restaurant du Pavillon Bosniaque Acrylic Print

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This reproduction is part of the decorations that he executed for the Bosnia-Herzecovina Pavilliio in the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris. Mucha's style of Art Nuveau was predominant in the Exhibition. The Eiffel Tower was built for the exhibition which was visited by fifty million people from April through November, 1900. This is a reproduction of one of Alphonse Mucha's Art Nuveau menus. Mucha was a native of Ivancice, Moravia having been born in 1860 in the Austrian Empire. This is presently within the Czech Republic and Mucha was Czech by nationality. Prior to 1887 he worked in Moravia and Vienna and in that year he began his studies at the Academie Julian and Academie Colarossi, both in Paris. Late in 1894 he happened across a sudden need for a poster for Sarah Bernhardt opening a play at the Teatre de la Renaissance. He produced a poster by January 1, 1895 and began a six year contract with Bernardt. He was an immediate commercial success and his unique compositions soon came...

Troy Caperton was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. Raised in South Louisiana from 1953, he graduated from Baylor University in 1976 and pursued a Masters in History at the University of Louisiana until 1988 when he moved to Austin, Texas. For over ten years Caperton has been selling his original art and reproductions of original work and the masters through various portals on the Internet. One of his works won a Juror’s Prize at Austin’s Art Erotica in 2010. He has always been employed in helping positions and continues to produce works for the enjoyment of the public.