ADALBERT STIFTER
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
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PERSONALITIES ADALBERT STIFTER |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 13. 4. 2005 | |
| Face value: | 12 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 23 x 40 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Oldřich Kulhánek | |
| Engraver: | Miloš Ondráček | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in dark violet combined with photogravure in violet, red and blue | |
| Subject of the stamp: | Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868), writer and painter born in Horní Planá in the Šumava Region which became his lifelong passion, spent most of his life in Austria. A pedagogue and school inspector by profession, he was also a gifted painter of landscapes and portraits, with an interest also in preservation of cultural, art and architecture heritage. His works as a writer were influenced with the classical humanistic ideals. He emphasized a harmony between a man and the nature, mental stability, devotion and moral integrity. He described in detail things and natural scenes and his typified, often idealized characters correspond with the Biedermeier view of the world. One of his best known stories is “Křišťál”. The large educational novel “Pozdní léto” and the Czech historical novel “Vítek” were appreciated no earlier than in the 20th century. His life as well as works were a personification of the ideal of a Czech-German symbiosis. The postage stamp is issued on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0432 | |
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