Alphonse Mucha

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‘Another zodiac poster. Alphonse Mucha’s design was a calendar produced for arts review La Plume in 1896, and typically with Mucha great attention is paid to the decorative details. Close examination reveals a sunflower behind the sun symbol in the lower left while poppies accompany the symbol of the moon on the right.’

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How to paint Art Nouveau style

Use fluid, organic lines that loop and curl on your painting. Art nouveau artists were inspired by the linear designs of Celtic art and used these forms in their works. Alphonse Mucha’s “Four Seasons” print shows this trend.
Turn other forms in your painting, such as hair or branches, into intricate systems of lines. Extend the lines from trees or a woman’s hair into fluid, organic forms. Alphonse Mucha’s “Job” print demonstrates this technique.
Use seasonal palettes of color. Many of Mucha’s works use autumnal browns, golds and blush pinks. Gustav Klimt’s paintings show bold mosaics of spring colors, like green, violet and vivid blue.
Incorporate the female form into your painting. Art nouveau artists were drawn to the curving, graceful lines of the female body, and art nouveau works strongly favor female subjects.
Use negative space in your painting. Leave portions of your painting blank to contrast against finished, busier parts of the canvas. Art nouveau artists such as Gustav Klimt were not afraid of blank space.
Paint flattened forms with no shading. Many art nouveau paintings possess a textile, flat quality inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. Use dark outlines around forms, with no shadows to suggest volume, to achieve this effect. Many artists, including Jules Cheret, Alphonse Mucha and Aubrey Beardsley used this technique.

Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_8398182_paint-art-nouveau .html