Jan Vilímek
{{Short description|Czech illustrator and painter (1860–1938)}}
Jan Vilímek ({{langx|de|Johann Vilímek}}; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a Czech illustrator and painter.
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.
Jan Vilímek - Bedřich Smetana.jpg|Bedřich Smetana
Jan Neruda – Jan Vilímek – České album.jpg|Jan Neruda
Jan Vilímek - Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg|Ignacy Jan Paderewski
File:Jan Vilímek - Antonín Dvořák.jpg|Antonín Dvořák
External links
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- List of Vilímek's portraits on Czech Wikipedia (incomplete, sorted by source, with links to digitized images on Wikimedia Commons and external sites)
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Category:19th-century Czech painters
Category:20th-century Czech painters
Category:19th-century Czech male artists
Category:20th-century Czech male artists
Category:Painters from Austria-Hungary
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