Russian hand painted UNIQUE LACQUER trinket Box A. MUCHA ZODIAC CHRISTMAS GIFT
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This is a beautiful and unique Russian papier mache trinket/jewellery box portraying a lovely LADY "ZODIAC" 1900 by Alphonse Maria Mucha , hand painted. The box is signed with the Artists name Silantyeva (in russian letters). This is a fabulous oil painted picture and the photo dosen't do it justice. Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivančice , Moravia (today's region of Czech Republic ). His singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brno , even though drawing had been his first love since childhood. He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery, then in 1879 moved to Vienna to work for a leading Viennese theatrical design company, while informally furthering his artistic education. When a fire destroyed his employer's business in 1881 he returned to Moravia, doing freelance decorative and portrait painting. Count Karl Khuen of Mikulov hired Mucha to decorate Hrušovany Emmahof Castle with murals, and was impressed enough that he agreed to sponsor Mucha's formal training at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts . Mucha moved to Paris in 1887, and continued his studies at Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi while also producing magazine and advertising illustrations. Around Christmas 1894, Mucha happened to drop into a print
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