Herbert Kisza

Herbert Kisza (born 16 June 1943 in Podobora, now part of Chotěbuz) is a Czech painter and sculptor.

Life Kisza was the third child of a Silesian couple. His father was an electrician but painted as a hobby; after Kisza completed elementary school in Český Těšín, his father enrolled him in the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Brno where he attended from 1957 to 1961. He attended College of Applied Arts (UMPRUM) in Prague where he graduated, with a specialization in monumental painting, from the studio of Alois Fišárek in 1967. He taught in the local Afternoon School of Art for three years.

Herbert Kisza has turned to graphic art and sculpture. He also draws ex libris. In 2000 he published a book of photographs about Kadaň with over 1,000 photographs. Kisza's pictures are in National Gallery in Prague and the galleries in Louny, Litoměřice, Most, Liberec and others.