Jožka Baruch

Later he enrolled at the Prague School of Arts and Crafts to study painting under Professor Dítět, and in the third year he joined Professor Kysel in the department of ornamental painting. World War I interrupted his studies, which he completed in 1922 in the studio of painting and graphic arts. And it was printmaking, especially woodblock printing, that became Baruch's most important, indeed almost unique, form of expression. Even his paintings and drawings are marked by printmaking. He was mainly engaged in so-called applied graphics, which include posters, advertising printed matter, art design, book editing and illustration. He taught drawing and carving courses, worked on several editorial boards of art magazines and devoted himself entirely to drawing and printmaking. His sources of inspiration were the children's world and literature. A large part of his work is connected with books, he dealt with book illustrations, cover designs and created ex libris. He often found inspiration in the work of Petr Bezruč. He died on 22 November 1966 in Prague, where he lived most of his life.