
The person who has influenced me most in my way of painting is a man called Alphonse Mucha (1860 -1939). Alphonse is an artist; he is a master in Art Nouveau, an all-new style of art. Why has he influenced me most? First, the character under his engraving is amazing; the composition of his pictures is quite delicate and graceful, the color of his works is bright and natural. Combination of all those elements characters a faultless art and gives me a huge shock when I first saw his works. Second, the personality of Alphonse affects me, too. His patriotism moved him to draw twenty oil paintings and presented the authorities of Prague government with them, even under the bluster of Nazi. I admire his action.