Mirko Hanak

Mirko Hanak (1921-1971) was a Czechoslovakian illustrator and printer who worked with a wonderful balance of fluid line and soft water colour washes. You can see a great article about Mirko Hanak's drawings for Charlottes Web  commissioned by animator and illustrator Gene Deitch.

Jan Švankmajer - A Game with Stones II

Here are some stills from Jan Švankmajer's animation A Game with Stones, when the stones briefly make people.

Květa Grygarová I

Wonderful illustration and graphic design by Květa Grygarová who was born in Prague in 1928 and published over fifty books. I am endeavouring to find more information.

Alios Mikuika I

Alios Mikuika is a Czechoslovakian painter illustrator, graphic artist, set designer, playwright and writer of stories poems and fairy tales for adults and children. Born in 1933 he has a vast catalogue of achievement with many books published and lots of wonderful illustrations stage sets and graphic designs for you to explore.

Kvĕta Pacovská III

Some calmer coloured Kvĕta Pacovská compositions today, but complex and wonderful in their incorporation of text.

Kvĕta Pacovská II

Kvĕta Pacovská giving us some Friday music.

Kvĕta Pacovská I

I did not realise that Kvĕta Pacovská was a wonderful octogenarian. I mistakenly assumed that she was a fresh faced graduate illustrator, due to the luminous. vibrant modern illustrations she creates. 

I have a wonderful book 'The Little Tulip King' that I bought for Freya, which I have to confess is at work as an example. 

What a celebration of life and love this lady and her works are.

Štěpán Lubomír

 

I love these graphical illustrations by Czechoslovakian illustrator Štěpán Lubomír and I thought that they follow on beautifully from Alison Worman's work. 
They are from the book " Home work from the Czech Language" published in 1965.

Joseph Palacek I

A wonderful illustration by Joseph Palacek, I love this delicate yellow illustration.

Seydl Zdenek I

Zdenek Seydl (1916-1978)  was a Czechoslovakian painter, graphic, stage and costume designer. Originally Zdenek Seydl trained as a typographer. His wonderful happy illustrations for children often embrace elements of type or numbers invisibly in their design.