books0977:The Red Cape (1902). Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Oil on canvas. Mucha insis
books0977: The Red Cape (1902). Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Oil on canvas. Mucha insisted always that, rather than adhering to any fashionable stylistic form, his paintings came purely from within and Czech art. He declared that art existed only to communicate a spiritual message, and nothing more; hence his frustration at the fame he gained through commercial art, when he wanted always to concentrate on more lofty projects that would ennoble art and his birthplace. -- source link