Josef Stejskal
Illustration — Stejskal in 2010 Josef Stejskal (also known as Josef Lada Stejskal and Josef "Pepča" Stejskal; born 3 March 1945, Kroměříž) is a Czech-Australian artist best-known for his theatre posters. He worked as a stage designer in Husa na provázku Theatre in Brno. Since 1978, he has lived in Australia.
Also recorded as Josef (Pepča) Stejskal · Pepča Stejskal · Josef Lada Stejskal
Josef Stejskal
- Born
- 1945 · Kroměříž.
- Occupation
- artist · poet · scenographer · driver
- Fields
- visual arts · graphics · theatre · poster
- Languages
- Czech
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He worked at the State Library of New South Wales. A collection of his posters were exhibited at the Seymour Centre in 1986, a part of which were acquired by the State Library of New South Wales; others joined the Library's collection later from the Dennis Wolanski Library. Another group was acquired by the National Library of Australia in 1989, and Stejskal made donations to the National Gallery of Australia. Image galleries of Josef Stejskal's best-known artworks can be found at the NGA and at the Moravian Gallery in Brno; others are held in the Václav Havel Library in Prague. He appears as "Pepča Psejčkař" in the autobiographical novel Hvězdy kvelbu (Stars of Suffering) by Pavel Řezníček, about the Brno Bohemian circle in the 1960s and 70s.
The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is visual arts, graphics and theatre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brno and Australia. Employment is recorded with State Library of New South Wales.
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- 1.Josef Lada Stejskal. printsandprintmaking.gov.au.
- 2.Municipal Library of Prague. Stejskal, Josef (Pepča).
- 3.State Library of New South Wales. Unclassified. State Library of New South Wales Magazine. 4. December 2008. 1835-9787.
- 4.Catalogue of the SLNSW.
- 5.Catalogue of the SLNSW.
- 6.Poster for Poster Exhibit, Seymour Centre, 1986.
- 7.National Library of Australia. 29th Annual Report 1988–89. 15. 1989. 0313-1971.
- 8.National Gallery of Australia Collection.
- 9.Josef Lada Stejskal.
- 10.Moravian Gallery in Brno. Autor: Josef Stejskal. Sbírky online.
- 11.Josef Stejskal. Václav Havel Library.
- 12.Hanáčková, Milada. Brněnská bohéma - umělecká avantgarda přelomu 60. a 70. let (Brno Bohemia - the artistic avant-garde of the late 1960s and early 1970s). Masarykova Univerzita Filozofická Fakulta (Masaryk University Faculty of Philosophy). 7, 20, 23. 2010.
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