Jan Vilímek
Illustration — Vilímek, from Zlatá Praha (issue of 16 January 1903) Jan Vilímek (Johann Vilímek; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a Czech illustrator and painter.
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Jan Vilímek
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- Born
- 1860 · Žamberk.
- Died
- 1938 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austrian Empire · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Fields
- portrait
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Illustration — Vilímek, from Zlatá Praha (issue of 16 January 1903) Jan Vilímek (Johann Vilímek; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a Czech illustrator and painter.
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Vilímek was born on 1 January 1860 in Žamberk, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He created many portraits of famous personalities from Bohemia and other Slavic nations. During the 1880s, these portraits were regularly published in magazines such as Humoristické listy, Zlatá Praha and Světozor. In the 1890s, some of these illustrations were assembled into a book, České album. He died on 15 April 1938 in Vienna.
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• Illustration — Bedřich Smetana • Illustration — Jan Neruda • Illustration — Ignacy Jan Paderewski • Illustration — Antonín Dvořák
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1860
Jan Vilímek born at Žamberk.
1938
Jan Vilímek died at Vienna.
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