The work of Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), which always manages to feel timeless, instructive and engaging to the eye.

Alphonse Mucha, Job, 1896. Color lithograph.

An advertisement for JOB rolling papers featuring a long-haired woman holding a lit smoking cigarette, and its gold zigzag border borrows from Byzantine mosaics.

“Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line” is on view at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City through August 30, 2026.

The work of Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), which always manages to feel timeless, instructive and engaging to the eye.