New Sculpture Project Brings Alphonse Mucha Posters to Life.(artist Arnold Quinn creates bronze sculptures based on poster images)(Brief Article)

Art Business News | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

SPECIAL REPORT--Art industry veteran Arnold Quinn has undertaken an historic project. Working with John Mucha--grandson of the artist widely deemed to be the father of Art Nouveau, the late Alphonse Mucha--he's created a series of bronze sculptures based on the legendary posters by the famed artist.

"To be perfectly frank, when Arnold talked about the concept and explained it, it sounded interesting," said John Mucha. "But deep down I wasn't quite sure how it was going to work. It's a major undertaking to convert a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional ...

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