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The Mucha Reverse-Painted Glass Lamp
The Mucha Reverse-Painted Glass Lamp
Based on an Art Nouveau design by Alphonse Mucha
Exquisitely beautiful by day, this lamp shimmers with achingly rich hues of sage and emerald when lit by night. The authentic technique is called “reverse painting,” whereby individually painted designs are painstakingly re-created one-at-a-time by hand on the underside of a solid, heavyweight curved glass shade. An ornate cast metal base of water lilies rises toward a stunning finial. Our Toscano exclusive requires a master glass artist three days to create.
Switch-on cord; accepts your 40-watt bulb.
12"dia.x19"H. 7 lbs.
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The Mucha Reverse-Painted Glass Lamp
$98.95
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha more than anybody else is responsible for the Art Nouveau style, which prominently featured beautiful, robust young women in flowing robes, often surrounded by lush floral arrangements or halos around their heads, as in La Rousse. Mucha s Art Nouveau style was often imitated, as he was vastly talented in painting, sculpture, poster, magazine, calendar creation and architectural design.
The Art Nouveau movement was often synonymous with Mucha s paintings and other artwork; marked by strong composition, sensuous curves inspired by nature and natural colors. While living in Paris, actress Sarah Bernhardt contracted Mucha to design posters and sets for her plays, which included La Trappistine.
Throughout his life, Mucha attempted to distance himself from the Art Nouveau label, insisting that his work was not a specific style or form, but that his paintings, such as Spirit of Spring, came from within. Mucha paintings existed, in his opinion, to communicate a spiritual message, as he wished to pursue projects that would ennoble art and his country of birth. message and nothing more. Thus, Mucha s commercial success often frustrated him, but he remained a patriot of his Czech homeland and considered his triumph as for the Czech people as well as himself.
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"Beautiful lamp but the colors in the picture are not very accurate. When the light is off the glass shade is very blue and the base is more of a pewter color."
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