During the Auguste Rodin exhibition in Prague in 1902, the accompanying cultural events programme for the French delegation also included a visit to this symbol of national revival – the National Theatre. Alphonse Mucha was present with Rodin that evening, and this was to be a turning-point in his life. It was here that he was first seen by his future wife Marie Chytilová, a student of applied art, with whom he became close a year later, after he took her on as his pupil in his Parisian studio. Three years later, in 1906, they married.