| 1918
the indipendant state of Czechoslovakia is created. Mucha designs postage stamps and bank notes. 1921 Successfull exhibition of Mucha’s work at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. 1928 The complete cycle of the Slavic Epic is officially presented to the Czech people and the City of Prague. 1931 Commissioned to design a stained glass window for St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague. 1939 Mucha is among the first to be arrested by the Gestapo when the Germans invade Czechoslovakia. He is allowed to return home but his health is impaired by the ordeal. 14 July: dies in Prague; buried at Vysehrad cemetery. |