Artist: Alphonse * MuchaTitle: * LaurierDate: 1901Medium: Lithograph * (after)Size: 28 3/5 x * 22 5/8"Condition: * ExcellentBiography * * By * this time Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) * had developed his own personal style - characterized by art nouveau * elements, tender colors and bycantine decorative elements. And all these * elements were ranked around images of fairy like young women with long * hair and splendid, refined costumes. In the coming years, this type of * female images should become his trademark. * * Mucha used * lithography * as the printing technique for his posters. The posters are usually * signed in the block. Some of his posters were produced as sets like The * Four Seasons. Complete sets count among the most searched for of his * works. *