Happy Birthday, Josef Lada!
A Czech Christmas wouldn't be complete without Josef Lada's simply drawn carolers, snow-covered villages and nativity scenes. Josef Lada was born on December 17, 1887, in Hrusice. He was a Czech painter and writer and best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's WWI novel The Good Soldier Švejk. He produced nearly 600 cartoons of the Švejk characters, depicting Austria-Hungary officers and civil servants as incompetent, abusive and often drunk. Josef Lada Born in the small village of…
Winter Wonderlands by Josef Lada | Tres Bohemes
Most of Josef Lada's holiday themed artworks depict charming Czech villages in the midst of winter, snowcapped and calm. Characterized by pastel cottages, Czech villagers, and small smoking chimneys, these works evoke a feeling of warmth and nostalgia.
Mlýn s kostelíkem by JosefLada
View Mlýn s kostelíkem by Josef Lada on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Josef Lada.
SOFFA 24 / CZECHOSLOVAKIA, English edition
ISSUE 24: CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 2018 will mark the centenary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. In SOFFA 24 we honour the so-called first republic and salute the beginnings of Czechoslovakia’s statehood. Join us to celebrate this momentous jubilee! | SOFF...
Happy Birthday, Josef Lada!
A Czech Christmas wouldn't be complete without Josef Lada's simply drawn carolers, snow-covered villages and nativity scenes. Josef Lada was born on December 17, 1887, in Hrusice. He was a Czech painter and writer and best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's WWI novel The Good Soldier Švejk. He produced nearly 600 cartoons of the Švejk characters, depicting Austria-Hungary officers and civil servants as incompetent, abusive and often drunk. Josef Lada Born in the small village of…
Top 10 Lada
Rozměrný kvaš Ponocný od Josefa Lady se na aukci společnosti Dorotheum prodal v novém aukčním rekordu za 1,44 milionu korun, víc jak dvojnásobek vyvolávací ceny. Jde o třetí Ladovo dílo vydražené za víc jak milion korun. Poprvé tato symbolická hranice padla již před šesti lety. Jen za poslední tři roky sběratelé za Ladova díla utratili přes 13 milionů korun (všechny ceny jsou uváděny včetně aukční provize).
Josef Lada
I don't remember the first time I saw artworks of this artist. But I love them since childhood. I had (and still have) books with his illustrations, I love postcards with his paintings. Josef Lada, painter, writer and illustrator. I bought a calendar with his illustrations to our kids last year - and I think I'll do the same this year. Czech Christmas carols with pictures from Josef Lada He was born in village Hrusice in central Bohemia in 1887 and many of his painting were inspired by this…
Winter Wonderlands by Josef Lada | Tres Bohemes
Most of Josef Lada's holiday themed artworks depict charming Czech villages in the midst of winter, snowcapped and calm. Characterized by pastel cottages, Czech villagers, and small smoking chimneys, these works evoke a feeling of warmth and nostalgia.
Josef Lada: Easter
Josef Lada is tightly connected to the Czech Easter traditions as he painted some of the most favorite Easter postcards we have here in the Czech Republic. Here are some of this paintings - they often show us a caroller (or more carollers) with pomlázka (a braided whip made from pussywillow twigs), a women giving him an egg or girl(s) running away. I wrote a blog post about Easter Monday traditions three years ago, here it is: Easter Monday. The next picture shows mixture of spring and…
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Svaty Mikulas (St Nicholas) Tradition and Events in Prague, 2012
Top 10 Lada
Rozměrný kvaš Ponocný od Josefa Lady se na aukci společnosti Dorotheum prodal v novém aukčním rekordu za 1,44 milionu korun, víc jak dvojnásobek vyvolávací ceny. Jde o třetí Ladovo dílo vydražené za víc jak milion korun. Poprvé tato symbolická hranice padla již před šesti lety. Jen za poslední tři roky sběratelé za Ladova díla utratili přes 13 milionů korun (všechny ceny jsou uváděny včetně aukční provize).
A falu, amit mindenki ismer a karácsonyi képeslapokról - Körkép.sk
Josef Lada a Švejk világhírű illusztrátora volt. De nemcsak innen ismert. Több között neki is köszönhetjük, hogy a karácsonyt nem is gondoljuk igazinak hó nélkül. Hrusicet, a szülőfaluját gyakran ábrázolta a képein, sőt a saját maga írt gyermekkönyveinek is fő színtere a falu. Itt élt Mikeš cica és kisgazdája, Pepík, és a könyv többi szereplője is. [...]Read More...