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born on September 19, 1912 in Vidolice lives in Prague
SEN NOCI SVATOJÁNSKÉ (Summer Night Dream)
Stamp issue of Czechoslovakia date of issue: November 27, 1972 engraved by Milo Ondráček
Original picture: Oil on canvas 95 x 90 cm from the year 1962 Národní galerie (National Gallery) Prague
Liesler created the first varieties of this Shakespeare theme already during the war. He often
returned to this theme in his works and dealt with the wit, troubles and complexity of
Shakespeare's play. Particularly "A Summer Night Dream" - full of love, surprise and mystery - always
attracted him. In the Shakespeare year 1964, he designed another variation of this theme on a stamp
(see the biography page). The picture depicted above is typical both for Liesler's loose connection
of main themes and also putting together compositions and colors. |