Satirist, illustrator and landscape painter Josef Lada (1887-1957)

Josef Lada’s paintings have reached iconic status in the Czech Republic. Lada was the illustrator who gave the smiling, rotund, Good Soldier Svejk his form. In the course of his career, he illustrated over 200 books – some, fairytale anthologies for children, others, like Svejk, intended for grown ups. Now Josef Lada is the subject [...]