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SPAIN TOUR
From May 2008, The Mucha Foundation in association with Fundación la Caixa, will present a major touring exhibition in Spain. It visits five cities, including Madrid and Barcelona. We open in Madrid on 30th April.
PRINCESS TAKAMADO
We are deeply honoured to announce that Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado has recently agreed to become an honorary patron of the Mucha Foundation.
*ONLINE SHOP*
The official Mucha Limited webshop has gone online at www.muchashop.co.uk! Currently selling posters, postcards and playing cards.
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1860
Alphonse Maria is born at Ivancice in South Moravia on 24 July to the family of Ondfiej Mucha, a court usher.

1871
Mucha gains a choral scholarship to the Church of St Peter in Brno, the capital of Moravia.

1875
Returns to Ivancice. His father finds him work as a court clerk.

1878
Mucha applies to the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. His application is turned down with the recommendation: "Find yourself another profession where you'll be more useful".

1879
Goes to Vienna to work as a scene painter for the firm of Kautsky-Brioschi-Burghardt.
 
 1881
Leaves Vienna when the Ringtheater, his employer's best customer, burns down in a fire in which 500 people died. Mucha, as the youngest employee, receives his notice. Goes to Mikulov where he earns a living by painting portraits. Meets Count Khuen Belasi who commissions him to decorate his castle at Emmahof.

1883
Moves to Castle Gandegg, Tyrol, where Count Khuen's brother, an amateur artist, becomes Mucha's patron.

1885
Begins studies at the Munich Academy of Art, sponsored by Count Khuen's brother.

1887
Moves to Paris to study at the Academie Julian, still under the Count's sponsorship.