Annotation Usage of portrait in poster creation The thesis includes two main parts, practical part and desk study. Practical part include set of posters, where is portrait use as a main motive. This portraits are make in graphics in combination with hand make refinishing. Practical part is oriented on movie poster. Desk study treat about portrait in his historical evolution and about poster as genre of applied graphic art. Chaps of portraits are situated in part of development art culture in his changing forms. Chaps on desk study ensued historical evolution of posters. This evolution is specialized on Czech poster and on his status in advertisement promotion, that include zone of development Czech movie poster. Into thesis will be attached posters projects.