Murals by Mucha on the ceiling of Obecní dům. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Jorge Royan
“While Mucha was away in Paris and the US,” Jon Bryant writes for The Guardian, “it was left to architects, Ohmann, Bendelmayer and Dryák to promote Prague’s art nouveau and they did so by combining floral motifs and looping metalwork with a more traditional neo-baroque look.”
Prague is no surprise headlining a list of top Art Nouveau destinations, but some of The Guardian’s other choices are a little less obvious.