La Plume by Alphonse Mucha Nico Tracey the bold colour separations and

the bold colour separations and sharp typographic edges are rendered with the precision this graphic design demands

Flat colour fields and strong linework give the image a poster-like clarity that was common in commercial illustration of the era

and subtle tonal variation of this study are reproduced with the sharpness and fidelity that the subject's complexity demands on matte fine art paper

Van Gogh understood how to balance force with structure

The colour palette is warm and saturated

La Plume by Alphonse Mucha Nico Tracey the bold colour separations andLa Plume is among Alphonse Mucha's most celebrated poster designs, distilling Art Nouveau's visual vocabulary into a single, perfect image. A female figure is enclosed within an elaborate border of stylised botanical forms, her flowing hair merging seamlessly with the decorative surround. The composition operates on the principle that ornament and subject are one figure, frame, and type unified into a harmonious whole. Mucha's characteristic warm