He was invited by Count Khuen Belasi to create decorations for the Emmahof Chateau.
Mucha, sponsored by Count Khuen Belasi, started studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
Mucha left for Paris to pursue studies at Académie Julian in Paris.
Mucha was commissioned to illustrate Charles Seignobos’s Scènes et épisodes de l’histoire d’Allemagne.
Mucha designed his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt starring as Gismonda in Vic-tor Sardou’s drama.
This success led to a 6-year contract with “the divine Sarah”.
Mucha’s first decorative panels – The Four Seasons – were printed.
In February, his first solo exhibition in Bodinière Gallery in Paris took place, presenting Mucha’s works, which was followed, in May, by an exhibition in Salon de Cent, exhibiting works.
A selection from the latter exhibition was presented in the Topič Salon in Pragu