Josef Lada: career timeline
Czech · 1887–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 102 of 106 lots (96% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | $10.9kSign up | Other |
| 1920s | 10 | 10 | $23.2kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1930s | 22 | 22 | $22.7kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1940s | 61 | 61 | $91.2kSign up | Gouache |
| 1950s | 8 | 8 | $71.7kSign up | Gouache |
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1910s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $10.9kSign up
- Average
- $10.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 8.5 in (35 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1917 Zimní radovánky$10.9kSign up
1920s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $23.2kSign up
- Average
- $48kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (6), Mixed media (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1), Markets & villages (1)
c. 1920 Anecdotes for the daily newspaper České slovo (81 drawings)$121kSign up
c. 1920 The Night Watchman$173kSign up
c. 1920 From the Afterlife$1.8kSign up
c. 1920 Hazardous Drive$21.6kSign up
1921 A Ground Squirrel is Mowing the Aftermath$24.7kSign up
1921 The Good Soldier Švejk$10.3kSign up
1921 German quickly and easily$18.2kSign up
1922 Children on the Village Square$35.8kSign up
1929 In the Cottage of the Gamekeeper Březina$73.9kSign up
1929 Anthony and Plums$237Sign up
1930s 22 works
- Sold
- 22 of 22
- Median
- $22.7kSign up
- Average
- $27.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 15 in (29 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (12), Gouache (4), Lithograph (4)
- Subjects
- Birds (1), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1930 The Bagpiper of Strakonice$23kSign up
c. 1930 Reprimand$28.9kSign up
c. 1930 Gardener$2.8kSign up
c. 1930 Confession of Love$8.5kSign up
c. 1931 Court Ball$28.7kSign up
1931 Krajina$42.1kSign up
1932 Král Radola I.$8.7kSign up
1933 First Spring Ride$36.5kSign up
1933 Christmas Mood$67.1kSign up
1936 Carol Singers$773Sign up
1936 Carolers$563Sign up
1936 V zime$404Sign up
Show 10 more (1930s)
1936 Deti v zime$395Sign up
1937 Building a Snowman$17.7kSign up
c. 1937 Fox$11.4kSign up
1937 Story with a Parrot$9.5kSign up
1937 Christmas$56.4kSign up
1937 Giving on St. Nicholas$94.2kSign up
1938 On the Field$23.2kSign up
1939 Saint George and the Dragon$96.6kSign up
1939 Spokojení staroušci$22.3kSign up
1939 Princ z pohádky$25.8kSign up
1940s 61 works
- Sold
- 61 of 61
- Median
- $91.2kSign up
- Average
- $111kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 15.5 in (35 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (31), Watercolor (19), Other (9)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (8), Sunsets & night (2), Birds (1)
1940 Children’s Games$178kSign up
1940 Christmas$199kSign up
c. 1940 Winter Village Square with Hens$52.1kSign up
1940 A ruin in winter$24.7kSign up
1941 Hrusice in Spring$196kSign up
1941 Winter$212kSign up
1941 Winter$78.3kSign up
1941 Winter fun$55.5kSign up
1942 Wassermann$5.8kSign up
1942 Winter in Hrusice$192kSign up
1942 Spring$179kSign up
1942 Hunt on the Village Square$141kSign up
Show 12 more (1940s)
1942 Spring Path into the Village$60kSign up
1942 Little carollers$107kSign up
1942 Zimní radovánky$41.7kSign up
1943 Building a Snowman$150kSign up
1943 Winter$115kSign up
1943 Snowfall$157kSign up
1943 Building a Snowman$32.7kSign up
1943 Water Goblin$419kSign up
1943 A May Night$237kSign up
1943 Spring$91.2kSign up
1943 Water Goblin$160kSign up
1943 Village in the Winter$70.9kSign up
…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.
1950s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $71.7kSign up
- Average
- $69.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 11 in (23 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (6), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2)
1950 The Servant's Carol$150kSign up
1950 Winter festivities (counterpoint)$78.8kSign up
1950 Water creature$75.2kSign up
1951 Winter Village$49.3kSign up
1951 A snowman on the village square$68.3kSign up
1953 Proud Lizard$17.4kSign up
1954 The Servants’ Carol$114kSign up
1956 Vianoce (Kresba z pamätníčka)$3.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
4 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 4.5 in (15 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1), Watercolor (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 Two Drawings by Josef Lada$2.3kSign up
sold 2021 Old Woman with Apples$3.3kSign up
sold 2025 Colonel Schröder$9kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Josef Lada auction results →