Alphonse Mucha: The Man, The Artist, The Legacy
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Tuesday 26 November 2024
(6pm following the Society's AGM at 5pm. A joint ticket will be issued for both events) - The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT
- Lecturer: Marcus Mucha
Marcus Mucha, great-grandson of Alphonse Mucha and Executive Director of the Mucha Foundation will talk about Alphonse Mucha’s life and work. Marcus will share stories of the efforts his family made to preserve Alphonse Mucha’s artistic legacy through Nazi occupation and Communism to the present day. He will talk about the establishment of the Mucha Foundation and the role it has played in securing Mucha’s reputation on the world stage.
Lecturer
Marcus Mucha was awarded Double First Class Honours in English at the University of Cambridge and subsequently obtained an MBA module in Creative Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He is the great-grandson of visionary Czech artist Alphonse Mucha. He returned to Europe following a successful career in Hollywood, so that he could lead the Mucha Foundation and champion the legacy of Alphonse Mucha for generations to come. Since taking the helm as the Foundation’s Executive Director, Marcus has led the Foundation in producing record-breaking and critically acclaimed exhibitions in over thirty cities around the world.
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