Czech painter and writer, draftsman, illustrator and set designer Josef Lada was self-taught, but he became one of the most famous in our country. He grew up from art nouveau roots, unintentionally, together with Jaroslav Hašek, he proved to be a member of the Dada movement in the illustrations and created a painting of which Picasso is said to have declared that Lada was "the best of the ones you have".