Jan Vilímek (; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a

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and

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from Boehmia who eventually became a Czechoslovak national. Vilímek was born on 1 January 1860 in

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. 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 ''

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''. In the 1890s, some of these illustrations were assembled into a book, ''České album''. He died on 15 April 1938 in

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. Jan Vilímek - Bedřich Smetana.jpg,

Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana ( ; ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival". He has been regarded ...

Jan Neruda – Jan Vilímek – České album.jpg,

Jan Neruda Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: �jan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda 10 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the " May School". Early li ...

Jan Vilímek - Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg,

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (;

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– 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's Prime Minister of Poland, prime minister and foreign minister durin ...

File:Jan Vilímek - Antonín Dvořák.jpg,

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

External links

* List of Vilímek's portraits on Czech Wikipedia (incomplete, sorted by source, with links to digitized images on

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and external sites) 1860 births 1938 deaths People from Žamberk 19th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech painters Czechoslovak illustrators Painters from Bohemia Czechoslovak painters 19th-century Czech male artists 20th-century Czech male artists Painters from Austria-Hungary {{Painter-stub