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ucha's Timeline
1860	Alphonse Maria Mucha was born at Ivančice in Southern Moravia on July 24^th.
1879	Mucha goes to Vienna to work as a theatrical scene painter.
1883	Mucha is invited by Count Khuen-Belassi to decorate his castle at Emmahof in Austria.
1885	He begins his studies at the Münich Academy of Arts where he is sponsored by Count Khuen-Belassi.
1887	Mucha moves to Paris to study at the Académic Julian.
1892	He is commissioned to illustrate Scénes et épisodes de l´histoire d´Allemagne by Charles Seignobos.
1894	He designs his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt, Gismonda, a play by Victor Sardou. This success leads to a six year contract with "la divine Sarah".
1896	Mucha's first decorative panels The Four Seasons are printed.
1897	Mucha has his first one man exhibition at the Bodiniére Gallery, Paris, in February showing 107 of his works, followed in May by the Salon des Cent's Mucha exhibition, which shows 448 of his works.
1899	He receives a commission from the Austro-Hungarian Government for the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition.
1900	Mucha begins to work on designs for Georges Fouquet's jewellery shop, one of the outstanding Art Nouveau interiors.
1902	He publishes Documents Décoratifs, a hand book for craftsmen.
1905	His Figures Décoratives is published.
1906	Mucha marries Maruška (Marie/Maria) Chytilová on June 10^th and moves to America, where he teaches and paints many oil portraits. He has a daughter, Jaroslava, born in New York City during this time.
1910	He returns to Prague to work on The Slav Epic.
1911	He completes the murals for the Prague Town Hall (Obecní dům), the last major interior decoration in the Art Nouveau style in Prague.
1915	He has a son, Jirí, born March 12^th in Prague, who later becomes a journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies of the works of his father.
1918	The independent state of Czechoslovakia is created for which Mucha designs postage stamps and bank notes.
1921	A successful exhibition of Mucha's work at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
1928	The complete cycle of the Slav Epic is officially presented to the Czech people and the City of Prague.
1931	he is commissioned to design a stained glass window for St.Vitus Cathedral, Prague.
1939	Mucha is among the first to be arrested by the Gestapo when the Germans invade Czechoslovakia. He is allowed to return home but his health is impaired by the ordeal. On July 14^th he dies in Prague, and is buried at Vyšehrad cemetery.

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