Josef Liesler (19 September 1912 â 23 August 2005) was a Czech surrealist painter, graphic designer, illustrator, exlibris and postage stamp designer.
Liesler was born on 19 September 1912, in Vidolice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today part of PÃÂtipsy, Czech Republic). He studied art at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of the Architecture and Structural Engineering, in 1934âÂÂ1938 under professors Cyril Bouda, Oldà Âich Blaà ¾ÃÂÃÂek and Josef Sejpka. He became a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (1942) and SÃÂUG Hollar (1945). He illustrated over one hundred book titles and he created many drawings of postage stamps and exlibris. He received a UNESCO award for the finest stamp design (Hydrologic decade). His production is represented in many prominent Czech and international collections, including the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.
He was married to Blaà ¾ena Málková and has two sons.