Poster before the Curtain – Czechoslovak Theatre Posters

Aero Cinema, Prague (20. 5. 2020 - 20. 8. 2020) —

Just as film posters were artistically exceptional, so were Czechoslovak theater posters in the second half of the twentieth century, shining on walls and in the theaters halls. Among the leading creators of theatrical posters were: Josef Flejšar, Jaroslav Sůra, Libor Fára and Milan Kopřiva.
Our collection includes more than 1000 sorts of theater posters sorted by the particular theaters.

KAREL VACA - 100

Bio Central, Hradec Králové (20. 5. 2020 - 20. 8. 2020) —

He belonged to the most significant Czechoslovak artist who designed the posters. Since 1958 he cooperated with the Central lending office of films in Prague, for which he created more than 300 posters before 1988. He was a long-term member of many poster committees and as an uncompromising defender of an artistic author poster he became the leading personality of the Czechoslovak poster school. He introduced many excellent artists to work on film posters and he gave a chance to succeed in this field to many young and talented artists as well. Together with his schoolmates, Milan Grygar, Zdeněk Ziegler and Karel Teissig he became the absolute top among artists who were designing film posters.

Kája Saudek – Film Posters

University Cinema Scala, Brno (20. 5. 2020 - 20. 8. 2020) —

Kája Saudek (1935) is the most significant Czech comics artist, the founder of the typical „saudical“ comics school, and at the same time the one and only personage in domestic comics, who’s fame crossed the borders of Czech Republic (or earlier, Czechoslovakia).

Kina jsou uzavřena, výstavy nedostupné

(16. 3. 2020 - 31. 12. 2020)

KAREL TEISSIG – the Master of Czech Film Poster Collage

Foyer of Bio Oko Cinema, Prague (25. 2. 2020 - 25. 5. 2020) —

Karel Teissig was born on 19. April, 1925 in Unhošť at Kladno, passed away on 1. October 2000 in Prague.
A painter, graphic artist and illustrator. His spezialization was in poster production, small-sized and applied graphics, illustration, book graphics and drawing. With his personal and remarkable style, he earned a place in the so-called Czechoslovak Poster School. He belonged to the most important and prominent artists, producing original film posters in Czechoslovakia (along with Karel Vaca, Zdeněk Ziegler, Milan Grygar and Josef Vyleťal). He designed film posters for the Central Film Rental from 1959 to 1989. The collection of Terry’s Posters contains around 100 posters of Karel Teissig, too. Besides that, we also have 70 book titles and almost 200 examples of his book illustrations.