Karel Teissig was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic / poster designer. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1945-50) at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1948) and since early 60s became one of the most important figures of Czechoslovak poster design. His imaginative posters are inspired by anything from collage / surreal art to illustration or photography and they undeniable belong to the best movie posters of the era. In 1961 his unique style won him a second prize for a poster titled The Possessors in the Toulouse-Lautrec Prize international film poster competition in Paris.
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Movie poster designed for Zahari Zhandov’s romantic drama by Czech artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster designed for Dušan Klein’s crime drama with peculiar artwork by Czech graphic designer and surreal artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster with dramatic collage artwork by Czech award winning designer and fine artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster designed for Richard Attenborough’s biopic by Czech award winning designer and surreal artist Karel Teissig.
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Vintage poster designed by award winning Czech poster artist for Robert Hossein's film adaptation of Les Misérables with Lino Ventura and Jean Carmet.
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Wonderful illustrated collage poster for Karel Teissig’s children’s books exhibition.
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Movie poster designed for Aleksandr Zakharov’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel by Czech award winning graphic designer and fine artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster designed for Leonid Menaker’s adaptation of Aleksandr Belyaev’s sci-fi novel by Czech surreal artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster for Martin Ritt’s biopic with wonderful collage by Czech artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster with fascinating surreal artwork by Czech graphic designer and fine artist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster for Andrei Tarkovsky’s biopic about Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev with impressive artwork by Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster with excellent collage design for Michael Apted’s drama by Czech graphic artist and surrealist Karel Teissig.
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Movie poster designed for Karel Kachyňa’s comedy drama by Czech award winning graphic designer and surreal artist Karel Teissig.
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Wonderful poster design for Woody Allen’s romantic movie with astonishing collage by Czech artist Karel Teissig.
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Wonderful vintage poster designed by Karel Teissig for Oscar nominated drama starring Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges.
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Amazing poster design for Arthur Hiller’s movie by Czech award winning artist Karel Teissig.
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