The Oath of Omladina under the Slavic Linden Tree: The Slavic Revival - 1926
In the 1890's a patriotic youth organisation called Omladina was formed, with a liberal, anti-clerical agenda. Their ideas met with official disapproval and their leaders were taken out of circulation in 1904. Mucha shows members of the movement taking a patriotic vow under the Linden tree occupied by a goddess and linking the movement with the mythic past of the Slavic people.
The two standing figures on the left are painted in egg tempera, never having being finished in oils. Owing to this factor, the painting was never exhibited in Mucha's lifetime, leading some authorities to the harsh judgement that the entire cycle is 'unfinished'.
Also of interest are the figures on the low wall . Mucha used his own children as models for two of these figures; on the right the young boy is his son Jiri while to the left the figure playing a harp is his daughter Jaroslava. This later image is very similar to the one featured in the poster produced for the 1928 exhibition.