I envied boys´ dads
Jaroslav Kreibich was born on April 23, 1946 in Prague. The parents divorced and Jaroslav grew up with his mother and sister in Prague‘s Holešovice, where he enjoyed the artistic atmosphere. He liked to paint since childhood. After high school, he went to France in 1967 to find out how the local painters lived. He spent several months there and, among other things, met a Czech immigrant who adored the book Babička do Božena Němcová. He transferred this passion to young Jaroslav, who has been collecting editions of this book ever since. In 1968, Jaroslav went on a trip through Western Europe. After the occupation, he could no longer travel and was not even allowed to study at the academy. So he found a job at the Research Institute of Train Technology. Later, he worked in education, founded a bookstore in Vysočina, wrote reports for newspapers and traveled around the country giving lectures about Božena Němcová.