The Arts: Poetry

Alphonse Mucha

The Arts: Poetry (Alphonse Mucha) — The Arts: Poetry · Alphonse Mucha · 1898.

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About this work

Artist: Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Year: 1898
Medium: Colour lithograph
Original size: 60 × 38 cm
Collection: Mucha Trust / private collections; impressions in public collections
Movement: Art Nouveau
Series: The Arts

A woman seated on a decorative halo turns her gaze to the evening sky, where a single star appears over a darkening landscape, her chin resting on her hand in reverie. Mucha designed the panel in Paris in 1898 as one of the four Arts, printed by F. Champenois and sold as a set of colour lithographs for the home. The series abandons the conventional symbols of the arts in favour of moods drawn from nature: Poetry is the quiet of dusk and the first star, Painting a flower, Music the song of birds, Dance the wind. The ornamental disc behind each figure, a halo borrowed from Byzantine icons and church mosaics, had become Mucha's trademark by this date. The Arts was one of the most popular of all his decorative series.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; 16×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Arts: Poetry in the public domain?

Yes. Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Mucha Trust / private collections; impressions in public collections.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Arts: Poetry painted, and in what medium?

The Arts: Poetry dates from 1898 and was made in colour lithograph; the original measures 60 × 38 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

The Arts: Poetry (Alphonse Mucha) — The Arts: Poetry · Alphonse Mucha · 1898. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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