#vintage Czech illustration

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I. Celostátní Spartakiáda, 1955 by Halloween HJB Via Flickr: Poster for the Czech "National Spartakiad", an athletic festival to display the physical superiority of the people in the Soviet Bloc countries.

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Moonlight by Alphonse Mucha (1902)

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Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860 - 1939). "Suspiria" (Mother of Sighs)

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Art Nouveau Posters and Adverts by Alphonse Mucha

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French vintage postcard, illustrated by the Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha

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~ Alphonse Mucha, advertisement postcard, Moet et Chandon (1899)

via vmfa.museum

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Karel Spillar (1871-1939), 'Fruhlingnacht' (Spring Night), ''Dekorative Vorbilder'', Vol. 19, 1907-08 Source

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Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939) • Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile • 1896 • Private collection

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Attribution: Frantiček Bělohlávek (Czech, 1924-2019). Illustrations for Voda z dračí studánky [dragon's liquor?] written by Vojtěch Martínek (Ostrava: Profil, 1969, 2d ed.). Thanks to @delphinelasardine for the tip. Note the inclusion of dachshunds.

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Illustrations by Daniela Benešová

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Postcard circa 1922 depicting The Prinz-Heinrich hut with the summit of Schneekoppe (Sněžka) in the background.

Sněžka is on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše).

The first building on the mountaintop was the Chapel of Saint Lawrence (Laurentiuskapelle), built c. 1665–1681 by the Silesian noble Schaffgotsch family to give thanks to God and shelter to travellers as it also served as an inn for a brief period of time. The so-called Prussian hut (Preußische Baude) was built on the Silesian (now Polish) side in 1850, followed by the Bohemian hut (Česká bouda) on the Bohemian (now Czech) side in 1868, both built with the purpose of providing lodging. The Prussian hut was rebuilt twice after fires (1857 and 1862), and the (after 1945) "Polish hut" was finally demolished in 1967. The Bohemian hut fell into disrepair after 1990 and was demolished in 2004.

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Illustration from Documents Decoratifs by Alphonse Mucha (1901)

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Viktor Oliva

Topicüv Salon, Poster

1895

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Bleuze-Hadancourt Parfumeur, ca. 1899 Alphonse Mucha

[postcard-from-the-past]

French vintage postcard, illustrated by the Czech art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha

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