Four women personify spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each is surrounded by flowers, fruits, branches, or snow. They are not portraits. They are moods of time made graceful. Mucha turns the calendar into a procession of feminine presences.
Color lithographs designed for broad reproduction, using flat color, ornamental borders, and rhythmic line.
Each season’s plants and colors suggest cycles of growth, ripeness, decline, and rest.
Decorative panels allowed middle-class buyers to bring affordable art into domestic interiors.
“The aim of art is to glorify beauty.”
The series became one of the most recognizable examples of Art Nouveau’s union of art, design, and commerce.
What did this stir in you?