I'm a fan of Czech illustrations. It all started about 8 years ago when I get hold of a second-hand book, published in China, introducing children's books illustrations of Czech and Slovakia. There onwards, I've admired the works by Jan Kudláček, Miloslav Troup, Jirí Trnka, Květa Pacovská, Mirko Hanák, and many others. Few years back, their works were very hard to come by as fairly few were made available online. Now, thanks to the evolution/proliferation of internet, you can easily access their works. More and more "mortar and bricks" bookshops in Czech are also into setting up an online store. With all these wonderful happenings, Jaroslav Šerých (b. 1928) was one new addition to my list not too long ago. A handful of books featuring Šerých's illustrations were published in English in the early 70s, including Fairy Tales from Japan, Persian Fairy Tales, Tales of the Uncanny, and The Dragon King's Daughter. The below illustrations are from Tales from Indonesia (Contes d'Indonesie) via A Journey To My Skull.
They are gorgeous, aren't they ?
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