A professional graphic designer who uses her background in art history and restoration to create everyday objects you can enjoy in your home or as wearable art. It's a joy to bring the best art and design of ages past into everyday life, plus invitations and DIY party projects. If you don't already share my love for artists and illustrators such as Alphonse Mucha, Edmund Dulac, Beatrix Potter, Carl Larsson and John Tenniel, perhaps you'll discover a new enthusiasm.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Alphonse Mucha Laurel Art Nouveau Coffee Mug





Alphonse Mucha Laurel Art Nouveau Coffee Mug from Zazzle.com

Alphonse Mucha's Le Laurier (Laurel), 1901

Le Laurier (Laurel), 1901 by Alphonse Mucha (color lithograph). 

Like its companion pieceLe Lierre (Ivy), the wonderful trompe l'oeil effect gives this piece an earthy, garden feel and a tactile appeal. You want to actually reach out and feel the texture of the tile mosaics. The Arts and Crafts Movement influence is stronger and the palette more restrained in these two pieces than in Mucha's other works, yet that lyrical Mucha magic is as potent as ever.

See my gallery for coordinating items.
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