Curated by Marta Sylvestrová of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and Petr Štembera of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the exhibition featured fine examples of Mucha’s posters, paintings, drawings and photographs from his Parisian, American and Czech periods.
Focusing on his motifs of women, the exhibition examined themes such as the femme fatale, Sarah Bernhardt, the femme commerciale et artistique, Mucha’s advertising and art posters, the femme symbolique and Slavia and other female personifications with Slavic features.
The exhibition was held as part of the 2009 Spring Cultural Festival in Budapest and marked the Czech presidency of the EU in 2009.
The exhibition was co-organised by the Moravian Gallery, Brno, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague and the Mucha Foundation.