Jan Vilímek
Jan or Johann Vilímek (born 1860 in Žamberk (Senftenberg), Bohemia , in the Austrian Empire ; died April 15, 1938 in Vienna ) was a Czech illustrator and painter .
Life
Jan Vilímek studied at the art academy in Prague and Munich. He was a student of Nikolaus Gysis and Ludwig von Löfftz in Munich . Between 1880 and 1889 he painted many portraits of Czech and other personalities for the Prague magazines Humoristické listy and Zlatá Praha . He later moved to Vienna, where he became known as Johann Vilimek.
JV Myslbek (1883)
literature
- Vilimek, Jan . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 362 .
Web links
Commons : Jan Vilímek - collection of images, videos and audio files
- List of Vilímek's portraits (in the Czech Wikipedia)
- Literature by and about Jan Vilímek in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vilímek, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vilímek, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech illustrator and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Žamberk |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1938 |
| Place of death | Vienna |