Alphonse Marie Mucha 1918 Song of Bohemia [The use of a grid drawn on a photograph as a guide for copying]
Painting Internet - Original source ill-defined (Mucha Foundation) A musical theme is depicted in this painting which was reproduced in the Zlatá Praha magazine in 1918 with the title 'Our Song [Nae písen]'.
Three girls in national costume are resting on a hilltop overlooking the great expanse of the Bohemian countryside. The ecstatic expression of the girl in the foreground evokes a song to unite the Czech people.
Later that year, Mucha's homeland regained independence and was reborn as Czechoslovakia.
