- ALOIS KALVODA
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP
The Czech painter, graphic designer, illustrator, editor of the Dílo magazine A. Kalvoda attended the Academy in Prague as a student of J. Mařák. However he soon began to deviate from his school of melancholic landscapes and moved to an emotional, impressionistic landscape of decorative character both in motif and colour. He painted simple motifs of the Czech land in broad brush-strokes and clear merry colour covering the momentary mood with a subtle feeling. His outstanding works are from the country round about Rohatec, Strážnice, Břeclav. In 1932 he published his own edition of his book called “Memories”. The postage stamp features an engraving of one of Kalvoda’s first works, “Osiky nearby Velké Němčice”.
