| Josef Liesler | |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Vidolice, Kingdom of Bohemia |
| Death Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
Josef Liesler (19 September 1912, in Vidolice near Kadaň - 23 August 2005, in Prague) was a Czech surrealist painter, graphic designer, illustrator, exlibris and postage stamp designer.[1]
He studied art at University of the Architecture and Structural Engineering, Prague in 1934-38 under professors Cyril Bouda, Oldřich Blažíček, and Josef Sejpka. He became a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (1942) and SČUG Hollar (1945). He illustrated over one hundred book titles and he created many drawings of postage stamps and exlibris.[2] [3] He received a UNESCO award for the finest stamp design (Hydrologic decade).[4] His production is represented in many prominent Czech and international collections, including the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.[5] [6]
He was married to Blazena Málková and has two sons.[7]