Jaroslav Svab - Faust - detail of advertisement

Antique: Jaroslav Svab - Faust

Colour screen print on paper 21 x 15,5 cm. Signed in pencil lower right with the date 1973. Number of sheet 106 / 150, Sg. 12 Faust in pencil lower left. Frame with passe-partout and glass 35,5 x 29 cm.  

Jaroslav Svab ( 24. 5. 1906 Hodonin - 16. 5. 1999 Prague ) 

Studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague 1925 - 1931 prof. Frantisek Kysela, prof. Jaroslav Benda. In 1939 - 1948 he was the head of the graphic school Officina Pragensis in Prague ( founded by Hugo Steiner-Prag, during his absence during the Second World War ).

Member of: Association of Czech Graphic Artists Hollar ( chairman ), Society of Visual Artists Ales, Czech Fine Arts Fund, Society of Czech Bibliophiles, Creative Group Poster, Umelecka Beseda ( creative group ), Prague Ales, Bilance, Society of Collectors and Friends of Exlibris.