Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa (1506) The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the …

Alphonse Mucha La Plume Zodiac

Alphonse Mucha – Zodiac ~ La Plume (1896) A beautiful Art Nouveau Lady. Alphonse Mucha’s famous Art Nouveau poster “Zodiac,” also known as “La Plume.”was designed in 1896 as a calendar printed by F. Champenois, Paris. Shortly thereafter, the popular French Magazine “La Plume” purchased the rights to distribute it as the magazine’s calendar for …

Theophile Steinlen Tournee Du Chat Noir

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen – Le Chat Noir (1896) Le Chat Noir was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. Theophile Steinlen’s 1896 Art Nouveau poster is an advertisement for a tour to other cities of the Le Chat Noir’s troupe of cabaret entertainers. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art …