EXHIBITION ADMISSION

Adults: $14Seniors (60+): $11Students (18+ w/ID): $11Active Military: $11Groups (10 or more): $11Youth (ages 7-17): $6Children (6 & under): Free

Price includes admission to the exhibition and the museum’s permanent collection.

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NOUVEAU PROGRAMS!Be sure to join us for these nouveau programs related to the special exhibition! Visit our website for more information and cost.

DRAW FROM THE COLLECTION: OUR NATURAL WORLDSaturday, October 7, 1–3 p.m.Explore how the natural world has inspired artwork in the museum’s collection, while also highlighting the work of Alphonse Mucha, and then create your own linoleum print.

ARTVENTURES: VISITING ARTIST JES MCMILLANSaturday, October 14, 1–3 p.m.Local artist Jes McMillan will talk about Alphonse Mucha & lead a family workshop to create Art Nouveau inspired “stained glass” windows, using transparencies and sharpies.

BEHIND THE SCENES: ALPHONSE MUCHAThursday, October 19, 4–5 p.m.Katherine Siegwarth and Susan Martis will discuss the staging of the special exhibition. This event is held in partnership with the University of Dayton.

EXHIBITION LECTURE: KARLA HUEBNER, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYSaturday, November 4, 3 p.m.Join us in the Renaissance Auditorium for a guest lecture about the life and work of artist Alphonse Mucha.

CURATORIAL CONVERSATIONS: LOIE FULLERThursday, November 16, 6–7 p.m.The thrill of Art Nouveau! Join Dr. Susan Martis, curator or education, as she discusses the lively bronze Loie Fuller (c. 1896), on view in Performing Art, the current Lange Family Experiencenter exhibition.

VINE & CANVAS: BRING ON THE BUBBLYFriday, November 17, 6:30–9 p.m.Celebrate the start of the holiday season with a champagne and wine tasting, paired with a walk-through of the special exhibition.

CURATORIAL CONVERSATIONS: NEW YEAR’S TOAST TOURThursday, December 21, 6–7 p.m.Celebrate the beginning of winter and the coming of 2018 with a New Year’s Toast Tour of the special exhibition, led by in-house curator Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth.

ARTVENTURES: ORGANIC AND GEOMETRIC SHAPESSaturday, December 23, 1–3 p.m.Find inspiration in the organic and geometric shapes of Alphonse Mucha’s artwork, and use a scratch-art technique to create your own artwork in this family program.

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Master of Art Nouveau

September16–December 31, 2017

Selections from the Dhawan Collection

Alphonse Mucha

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Step back into the sumptuous fin-de-siècle era with The Dayton Art Institute’s eagerly anticipated fall exhibition, ALPHONSE MUCHA: MASTER OF ART NOUVEAU—Selections from the Dhawan Collection, on view from September 16 through December 31!

Influential in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the 20th century, Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) created varied, expressive and seductive works that became synonymous with the period.

Much of Mucha’s illustrative work employed beautiful women to attract an audience—and to sell the products he was hired to promote. His images of these sexualized women challenged traditional codes during the rise of the “modern woman.”

Additionally, this exhibition reveals Mucha’s willingness to experiment with style and process,

examining the broad range of Mucha’s works, largely created during the 1890s, a time that emphasized creating a new art fit for the new century.

The exhibition presents 75 works, including rare, original lithographs, proofs and drawings, as well as books, posters, portfolios and ephemera, all drawn from the Dhawan Collection, one of the finest private collections of Mucha’s work in the United States. Curated by Gabriel Weisberg, Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, The Dayton Art Institute is the sole Midwest venue for this national tour.

For more about the exhibition, visit daytonartinstitute.org/mucha and look for the hashtag #MuchaDAI on social media.

Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau

September16–December 31, 2017

EXHIBITION SPONSORS

BENEFACTOR SPONSORThe Berry Family Foundation

PATRON SPONSOREmerson Climate Technologies

SUPPORTING SPONSORSCarolyn and Robert BrethenCopp Integrated SystemsScenic SolutionsSynchrony Financial

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM Susan and Kevin BennettBricker & Eckler, LLPCoco’s BistroFund Evaluation GroupMidwest Maintenance, Inc. The Mullenbrock FamilySchool of Advertising ArtUniversity of DaytonVanLear Custom CoutureWoodard Development & Lock 27 Brewing

FAR LEFT: Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860–1939), Gismonda, American Tour, 1894, color lithograph on paper mounted on linen, 29 3/10 x 84 inches. Dhawan Collection. LEFT: Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860–1939), Cycles Perfecta,1902 (detail), color lithograph on paper, 41 1/5 x 61 inches. Dhawan Collection.

COVER: Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860–1939), Monaco, Monte Carlo, 1897 (detail), color lithograph on paper, 29 ¼ x 42 ¼ inches. Dhawan Collection.

BACK: Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860–1939), Chansons d’Aieules, 1898 (detail), color lithograph on paper, 7 3/4 x 11 x 1/2 inches. The Dhawan Collection.

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