Jan Vilímek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Vilímek

Czech painter

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1860

Place of Birth: Žamberk, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1938

Profession: illustrator, painter

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jan Vilímek (German: Johann Vilimek; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a Czech illustrator and painter. Vilímek was born on 1 January 1860 in Žamberk, Bohemia.
He created many portraits of famous personalities from Bohemia and other Slavonic nations.
During the 1880s, these portraits were regularly published in magazines such as Humoristické Listy, Zlatá Praha and Svetozor.
In the 1890s, some of these illustrations were assembled into a book, Ceské album.
He died on 15 April 1938 in Vienna.