Josef Lada & 17625 Joseflada Asteroid - Stremchovi, Czech Republic [
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Josef Lada (born 17 December 1887 in Hrusice, Bohemia – 14 December 1957 in Prague, buried at Olšany Cemetery) was a Czech painter and writer.
Waymark Code: WMVYKA
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/11/2017
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Josef Lada is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War I novel The Good Soldier Švejk (
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He produced landscapes, created frescoes and designed costumes for plays and films. Over the years he created a series of paintings and drawings depicting traditional Czech occupations, and wrote and illustrated the adventures of Mikeš, a little black cat who could talk.
Lada produced nearly 600 cartoons of the Švejk characters, depicting Austria-Hungary officers and civil servants as incompetent, abusive and often drunk.[2] All subsequent editions of Švejk used Lada's illustrations, except for the 2008/2009 Czech edition illustrated by Petr Urban.
The Josef Lada and Alena Ladova memorial is placed in Lada´s former house in Hrusice (
visit link) . It was first opened in 1986.
17625 Joseflada Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: P. Pravec, L. Šarounová
Date of discovery: 24. 10. 1995
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory