Miroslav sasek prints charming

Miroslav Sasek () (or Meer-oh-slahf Sah-sek as pronounced, and written Ŝaŝek, but best known by his drawn signature: ‘M. Sasek’). Miroslav Sasek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, November , to parents who generally discouraged his early interest in drawing and painting and pushed him instead into training as an architect.

At the onset of the communist coup in , aged 32, Miroslav Sasek left Prague for Munich, where from he worked for Radio Free Europe. 

On a short holiday to Paris and enthralled by the city and its history, Miroslav Sasek realised that distracted parents with children in tow rarely seemed to interpret the city to their off-spring, and that sketches of his surroundings he was making might best be used as illustrations for a children’s book.

Miroslav sasek prints charming images

‘This Is Paris’ () was born.  

Miroslav Sasek’sillustrations might best be described as whimsical. There’s a gentle and quirky wit to his pi