Jaromír Zápal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jaromír Zápal

Czech illustrator and artist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1923

Place of Birth: Brandýs nad Orlicí, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1984

Profession: writer, painter

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jaromír Zápal (March 18, 1923 in Brandýs nad Orlicí – December 5, 1984 in Prague) was a Czech illustrator, painter and writer.
He is mainly known as an illustrator of children books. Zápal studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (Vysoká škola umeleckoprumyslová) in Prague.
Later he worked as a graphics art editor for publishing houses Státní nakladatelství detské knihy (SNDK), which in 1969 became Albatros, publishers for children and youth, i.
e.
specializing on children and youth literature.
Among his most known works are the rendition of Winnie the Pooh (first published in 1958) and illustrations for the Neznaika trilogy by Nikolai Nosov (first published in 1957, 1961 and 1976).
Zápal also wrote and illustrated several child books (the last being published posthumously in 1986).