In 1921, a retrospective of Mucha’s work, featuring the first five canvases of the Slav Epic, was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, following a very successful showing in Chicago. This exquisite poster for the exhibition, in red, green and black inks, features a girl as symbol of the Slavic myth, holding a circle of thorns and stars signifying the past and future of the Slav people.
This larger format is rare; rarer still is a large version of the 1896 Seasons with such exceedingly fresh colors! You can feel the chill of Winter, the little birds huddling for warmth; the dewy wakefulness of Spring, fashioning herself a lyre, on which those little birds are expectantly perched; Summer is indolent, sleepy in the heat; but Autumn, Autumn, lush and fecund with her auburn hair, indulges the harvest by plucking the grapes from the vine, straight into her cup. It’s not only the passage of time that makes this series rare: these images were difficult to find even at the time of their publication. The editor of The Poster couldn’t help a reader locate this set back in 1899, concluding: “they are getting scarce” (January 1899, p. 42). This is the larger variant with the Seasons text at bottom.
Secret of Mana! I loved growing up with this game. The characters, the world, the story all left a big impact on me. I always imagined the characters older than they were so I wanted to do some fanart! This is just part of a much larger piece so stay tuned ;)
Wow y’all, I absolutely suck at posting here, haha. Welp, I better try and get back into it. I have two shirts on Teefury.com today! “Diana” and “Lucca & Robo”, which are $12 and you get 25% off with the code “Independence”! I think that’s a pretty good deal. :)
