Turn-of-the-century artist Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 18601939) was the undeniable founder of Art Nouveau, in spite of his efforts to distance himself from that distinction. His highly decorative advertising works were famous for featuring a woman semi-nude, hair billowing, draped in luxuriant fabrics, and languidly posed as if to indicate that the Belle poque had been invented for her pleasure alone. Alongside these eye-catching posters, labels, postcards, and calendars, Mucha created decorative