Sunday, 15 February 2026

Jan Brychta I

 


Jan Brychta (1938-2013) illustration for; 'Máte doma lva?' Do you have a lion at home? This is Czech film poster from 1963, I wish it was a book it looks such fun with it's benign lion. The film follows two little brothers Pepík and Honzík exploring Prague on their own. They meet a strange painter, explore the mysterious corners of the National Museum and even free cursed musicians from the underwater realm and are happy to get home to their lion, the film is directed by Pavel Hobl.

Jan Brychta was born in 1938 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia a master Czech artist, film animator and pioneer of television graphics with a daily cartoon. When Russia invaded Czechoslovakia he his wife Lida and their two children Alex and Edita fled to London.

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