Josef Aleš-Lyžec (1862 Písek – 27 September 1927

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) was a Czech teacher and sportsman. He was descendant of known south-

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n Aleš family, cousin of well-known painter

Mikoláš Aleš Mikoláš Aleš (18 November 1852 – 10 July 1913) was a Czech painter. Aleš is estimated to have had over 5,000 published pictures; he painted for everything from magazines to playing cards to textbooks. His paintings were not publicized to ...

and father of famous writer

Josef Váchal Josef Váchal (23 September 1884 in Milavče near Domažlice – 10 May 1969 in Radim (Jičín District), Studeňany) was a Czechs, Czech writer, painter, printmaker and book-printer. Váchal was the son of Josef Aleš-Lyžec and Anna Váchalová ...

(J. Aleš-Lyžec never married his mother Anna Váchalová, so his son got mother's name). He was great propagator of skiing (the old Czech word ''lyžec'' means ''Ski-Man'' in English).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ales-Lyzec, Josef 1862 births 1927 deaths Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary