Notable Alumni of Academy of Fine Arts in Prague [Sorted List]

1. Viktor Barvitius

1834-1902 (aged 68)

art theorist painter teacher

Viktor Barvitius was a Czech painter, influenced primarily by Realism and late Impressionism.

2. Stanislav Hanzík

1931-2021 (aged 90)

teacher sculptor

Stanislav Hanzík was a contemporary Czech sculptor. He is especially known for free sculptures, portraits, and realizations together with architects.

3. Viktor Foerster

1867-1915 (aged 48)

mosaicist painter

Viktor Foerster was a Czech painter and mosaic artist. He was the son of the composer Josef Foerster and younger brother of the composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster.

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4. Naděžda Plíšková

1934-1999 (aged 65)

writer sculptor poet graphic artist

Naděžda Plíšková was a Czech printmaker, painter, ceramist, author of sculptural objects and poet.

5. Karel Javůrek

1815-1909 (aged 94)

restorer painter teacher

Karel Javůrek was a Czech history painter.

6. Vojtěch Bartoněk

1859-1908 (aged 49)

visual artist painter restorer illustrator

Vojtěch Bartoněk was a Czech painter and art restorer.

7. Martin Němec

1957-. (aged 69)

painter screenwriter composer lyricist illustrator

Martin Němec is a Czech rock musician and composer.

8. Federico Diaz

1971-. (aged 55)

sculptor visual artist multimedia artist

Federico Díaz is a Czech-Argentine artist whose work incorporates media and technologies.

9. Alois Bubák

1824-1870 (aged 46)

landscape painter teacher painter illustrator draftsperson

Alois Bubák was a Czech landscape painter and illustrator.

10. Jaroslav Šerých

1928-2014 (aged 86)

painter typographer exhibition curator illustrator graphic artist

Jaroslav Šerých was a Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator.

11. Vlastimil Rada

1895-1962 (aged 67)

pedagogue teacher graphic artist visual artist painter

Vlastimil Rada was a Czech painter and book illustrator.

12. Antonín Viktor Barvitius

1823-1901 (aged 78)

painter architect artist

Antonín Viktor Barvitius, also known as Anton Barvitius, was a Czech architect working in Revivalism architecture.

13. Vladimír Novák

1947-2024 (aged 77)

painter writer illustrator graphic artist visual artist

Vladimír Novák was a Czech painter.

14. Jan Konůpek

1883-1950 (aged 67)

illustrator pedagogue architect essayist visual artist

Jan Konůpek was a Czech illustrator, painter and engraver. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for interwar art, alongside František Kobliha and František Drtikol.

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15. Ferdinand Laufberger

1829-1881 (aged 52)

graphic artist painter

Ferdinand Julius Wilhelm Laufberger was an Austrian painter and etcher.

16. Vratislav Hugo Brunner

1886-1928 (aged 42)

illustrator teacher graphic artist exlibrist editing staff

Vratislav Hugo Brunner was a Czech typographer, illustrator, graphic designer, cartoonist, author, toy and stage designer and painter. He significantly affected the development of Czech book graphics.

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17. Otto Placht

1962-. (aged 64)

art educator painter teacher

Otto Placht is a Czech artist based in Peru.

18. Václav Boštík

1913-2005 (aged 92)

graphic artist restorer painter typographer poet

Václav Boštík was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator.

19. Josef Bolf

1971-. (aged 55)

painter video artist restorer graphic artist visual artist

Josef Bolf is a Czech painter. He studied at the Academy between 1990–1998. In 1995 he studied at Kongsthögskolan (Stockholm) and in 1996 at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. From 1996 to 2002 he was a member of the art group Bezhlavý jezdec.

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20. Felix Jenewein

1857-1905 (aged 48)

draftsperson teacher graphic artist lithographer painter

Felix Jenewein was a painter, illustrator and lithographer from Austria-Hungary. Many of his best known works have a somber tone.

21. Josef Wagner the Younger

1901-1957 (aged 56)

painter pedagogue sculptor restorer typographer

Josef Wagner the Younger was a Czech painter and sculptor.

22. Shraga Weil

1918-2009 (aged 91)

painter sculptor graphic artist illustrator

Shraga Weil was an Israeli painter.

23. Alois Wachsman

1898-1942 (aged 44)

scenographer painter illustrator architect

Alois Wachsman was a Czech painter, stage designer and architect.

24. Vincenc Beneš

1883-1979 (aged 96)

painter art critic art educator teacher illustrator

Vincenc Beneš was a Czech painter.

25. Karel Svoboda

1824-1870 (aged 46)

portraitist painter illustrator

Karel Svoboda was a Czech painter. He painted primarily historical scenes, which are notable for their accurate detail. He worked in Prague and Vienna.

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26. Jiří Černický

1966-. (aged 60)

conceptual artist painter

Jiří Černický is a Czech visual artist. He is known for experimental intermedia projects involving video art, visual poetry and photography. He is a winner of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, the Soros Award and the 48th October Salon Award (in Belgrade, Serbia), and was a finalist for the Alice Francis Award.

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27. Ludwig Blum

1891-1974 (aged 83)

painter

Ludwig Blum was a Moravian-born Israeli painter. He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the Third Aliyah, and became known as "the painter of Jerusalem".

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28. Peter Kien

1919-1944 (aged 25)

librettist poet draftsperson writer playwright

Peter Kien was a Jewish artist and poet. He died at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

29. Věnceslav Černý

1865-1936 (aged 71)

painter writer puppet designer illustrator visual artist

Věnceslav Černý was a Czech illustrator and painter.

30. Václav Jansa

1859-1913 (aged 54)

painter teacher illustrator

Václav Jansa was a Czech landscape painter and illustrator; best known for his watercolors of the Old Town in Prague.

31. Arthur von Ramberg

1819-1875 (aged 56)

painter university teacher

Arthur von Ramberg was an Austrian-born painter who worked in Germany.

32. Otmar Oliva

1952-. (aged 74)

medalist sculptor

Otmar Oliva is a Czech sculptor and former political prisoner. He specializes in the creation of liturgical objects and the arrangement of sacral buildings.

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33. Adolf Kašpar

1877-1934 (aged 57)

painter exlibrist graphic artist illustrator

Adolf Kašpar was a Czech painter and illustrator.

34. Soběslav Pinkas

1827-1901 (aged 74)

caricaturist painter

Soběslav Pinkas, originally Hippolyt Karel Maria František Pinkas was a Czech genre painter and political caricaturist.

35. Miloš Alexander Bazovský

1899-1968 (aged 69)

graphic artist painter

Miloš Alexander Bazovský was a Slovak painter.

36. Vladimír Kokolia

1956-. (aged 70)

graphic artist university teacher writer painter poet

Vladimír Kokolia is a Czech contemporary painter. Kokolia has also worked across a variety of other mediums, most notably printmaking and drawing, and is also a poet and musician.

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37. Vítězslav Karel Mašek

1865-1927 (aged 62)

pedagogue designer teacher architect painter

Karel Vítězslav Mašek was a Czech painter, architect, illustrator and art professor.

38. Adolf Kosárek

1830-1859 (aged 29)

painter landscape painter

Adolf Kosárek was a Czech landscape painter in the Realist style.

39. Alois Kalvoda

1875-1934 (aged 59)

illustrator writer opinion journalist engraver exlibrist

Alois Kalvoda, was a Czech landscape painter.

40. Vincenc Makovský

1900-1966 (aged 66)

pedagogue designer teacher sculptor scenographer

Vincenc Makovský was a Czech sculptor, industrial designer and university teacher.

41. František Muzika

1900-1974 (aged 74)

illustrator art educator pedagogue scenographer typographer

František Muzika was a Czech artist. He was a prominent representative of avant-garde in Czechoslovakia in the first half of the 20th century.

42. Frantisek Mertl

1930-. (aged 96)

painter sculptor teacher illustrator

František Mertl, who has used the artistic name Francois Mertl dit Franta in France since the 1960s, is a Czech painter and sculptor who emigrated to France in 1958 to join his wife. He lives in Vence, in the Nice area.

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43. Otakar Španiel

1881-1955 (aged 74)

medalist teacher sculptor pedagogue carver

Otakar Španiel was a Czech sculptor and engraver.

44. Koloman Sokol

1902-2003 (aged 101)

graphic artist university teacher painter teacher illustrator

Koloman Sokol was one of the most prominent Slovak painters, graphic artists and illustrators. He was a founder of modern Slovak graphic art.

45. Josef Navrátil

1798-1865 (aged 67)

painter teacher illustrator

Josef Matěj Navrátil was a Czech painter.

46. Karel Klíč

1841-1926 (aged 85)

inventor graphic artist caricaturist painter lithographer

Karel Václav Klíč was a Czech painter, photographer, early comics artist, caricaturist, lithographer and illustrator. He was one of the inventors of photogravure (heliogravura in Czech).

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47. Aleš Veselý

1935-2015 (aged 80)

sculptor

Aleš Veselý was a Czech sculptor, graphic artist, painter and academy teacher.

48. Karel Nepraš

1932-2002 (aged 70)

teacher illustrator sculptor graphic artist restorer

Karel Nepraš was a Czech sculptor, draughtsman, graphic artist and professor at Prague Academy. Already in the 1960s, Nepraš became one of the most prominent Czech artists thanks to his ability to master new materials, techniques and technologies and creatively exploit them. His original work has also been recognized abroad. Through playfulness, subversive irony and bitter humour, he has kept...

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49. Antonín Hudeček

1872-1941 (aged 69)

painter landscape painter

Antonín Hudeček was a Czech landscape painter.

50. Janko Alexy

1894-1970 (aged 76)

painter pedagogue writer

Janko Alexy was a famous painter, writer, and publicist of Slovak origin. He is generally recognized (together with Martin Benka and Ľudovít Fulla) as one of key personalities in the beginning of Modern Slovak Art.

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51. Marie Uchytilová

1924-1989 (aged 65)

visual artist sculptor medalist teacher

Marie Uchytilová-Kučová was a Czech sculptor and medalist. She created the Memorial to the Children Victims of the War in Lidice and designed the Czechoslovak one koruna coin that circulated from 1957 to 1993.

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52. Jan Tománek

1978-. (aged 48)

director film director writer animator visual artist

Jan Tománek is a Czech movie director, writer and artist. He is the creator of animated movies Goat Story: The Old Prague Legends and Goat Story with Cheese. Today, he devotes most of his time to writing books.

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53. Frano Kršinić

1897-1982 (aged 85)

sculptor

Frano Kršinić was a Croatian sculptor active in former Yugoslavia. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić, he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century. His most widely known work is the statue of Nikola Tesla installed at the Niagara Falls State Park, United States, an identical copy of the monument residing in...

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54. Vladimír Suchánek

1933-2021 (aged 88)

illustrator postage stamp designer lithographer artist visual artist

Vladimír Suchánek was a Czech graphic artist and postage stamp designer.

55. Magdalena Jetelová

1946-. (aged 80)

photographer teacher sculptor installation artist exhibition curator

Magdalena Jetelová is a Czech installation artist and land artist, who has achieved international acclaim. Known mainly for her environmental installation works, Jetelová combines light, architecture, photography, sculpture, and installation to explore the relationship between humans, objects, and space. Her work has been exhibited in various prominent galleries internationally such as Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Tate Gallery London, Museum...

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56. Josef Žáček

1951-. (aged 75)

visual artist painter typographer photographer

Josef Žáček is a Czech painter. He graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1983.

57. Franz Dvorak

1862-1927 (aged 65)

illustrator painter

František Dvořák, born Bruner, also known as Franz Dvorak or Franz Bruner was a Czech painter.

58. Božidar Jakac

1899-1989 (aged 90)

printmaker art educator partisan filmmaker politician

Božidar Jakac was a Slovene Yugoslavian expressionist, realist and symbolist painter, printmaker, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and oil paintings (landscapes, vedutas and portraits), drawings and, especially, prints in Slovenia. He was also one of the key organizers in the establishment of the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and the...

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59. Jaroslav Panuška

1872-1958 (aged 86)

painter draftsperson illustrator

Jaroslav Panuška was a Czech painter and illustrator.

60. Jaroslav Věšín

1860-1915 (aged 55)

painter exlibrist genre painter military officer

Jaroslav František Julius Věšín was a Czech painter who mainly worked in Bulgaria and who was noted as a master of genre painting. The realistic depiction of battle scenes from the First Balkan War (1912) are the subject of a substantial part of his work.

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61. Cyril Bouda

1901-1984 (aged 83)

graphic artist typographer university teacher painter teacher

Cyril Bouda, christened Cyrill Mikoláš Bouda, was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator, professor at CTU and at Charles University in Prague.

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62. Jan Štursa

1880-1925 (aged 45)

medalist teacher exhibition curator illustrator sculptor

Jan Josef Štursa was a Czech sculptor, one of founders of modern Czech sculpture.

63. Luděk Marold

1865-1898 (aged 33)

painter illustrator graphic artist

Luděk Alois Marold was a Czech painter and illustrator, best known for his panorama depicting the Battle of Lipany. It is the largest painting in the Czech Republic and currently has its own pavilion at the Výstaviště exhibition grounds.

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64. Pavel Pepperstein

1966-. (aged 60)

graphic artist art theorist writer painter poet

Pavel Pepperstein is a Russian artist and writer.

65. Julius Mařák

1832-1899 (aged 67)

graphic designer draftsperson university teacher teacher graphic artist

Julius Eduard Mařák was a Czech landscape painter and graphic designer.

66. Joža Uprka

1861-1940 (aged 79)

painter graphic designer folklorist graphic artist visual artist

Joža Uprka was a Czech painter and graphic artist whose work combines elements of Impressionism and Art Nouveau to document the folklife of Southern Moravia.

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67. Kateřina Šedá

1977-. (aged 49)

painter performance artist artist video artist photographer

Kateřina Šedá is a Czech artist focused on conceptual art and social art.

68. Antonín Chittussi

1847-1891 (aged 44)

painter landscape painter

Antonín Chittussi was a Czech Impressionist landscape and cityscape painter.

69. Jaroslav Čermák

1830-1878 (aged 48)

visual artist painter illustrator draftsperson

Jaroslav Čermák was a Czech painter known primarily for his history paintings. Many of his paintings are in the collection of the National Gallery in Prague.

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70. Ivan Mrkvička

1856-1938 (aged 82)

painter poet teacher

Ivan Mrkvička was an Austrian Empire-born painter and an active contributor to the artistic life of newly independent Bulgaria in the late 19th and early 20th century. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern Bulgarian fine art tradition.

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71. Václav Brožík

1851-1901 (aged 50)

painter pedagogue draftsperson art historian visual artist

Václav Brožík was a Czech painter who worked in the academic style.

72. Bohuslav Fuchs

1895-1972 (aged 77)

pedagogue architect designer university teacher urban planner

Bohuslav Fuchs was a Czech modernist architect. He also worked as a university teacher and urban planner. He is considered one of the most important Czech architects of the 20th century. His work is primarily associated with the city of Brno.

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73. Dea Trier Mørch

1941-2001 (aged 60)

graphic artist writer

Dea Trier Mørch was a Danish artist and writer. She gained fame in 1976 with Vinterbørn, translated into English as Winter's Child.

74. Jiří Anderle

1936-. (aged 90)

painter graphic designer graphic artist printmaker

Jiří Anderle is a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was of assimilated German ethnic ancestry from paternal side.

75. Milan Knížák

1940-. (aged 86)

composer poet performance artist teacher furniture designer

Milan Knížák is a Czech performance artist, sculptor, noise musician, installation artist, political dissident, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art associated with Fluxus.

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76. Max Švabinský

1873-1962 (aged 89)

glass designer painter mosaicist postage stamp designer exlibrist

Max Švabinský was a Czech painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, and professor in Academy of Graphic Arts in Prague. Švabinský is considered one of the more notable artists in the history of Czech painting and produced significant work during the first half of the 20th century. He was relatively unusual among modernist artists in that his work was accepted by the...

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77. Theodor Pištěk

1932-2025 (aged 93)

production designer painter costume designer illustrator scenographer

Theodor Pištěk was a Czech painter, costume designer, set designer, and racing driver. His costume designs and film sets are internationally acclaimed. He won an Oscar for his costumes for Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman. For Forman's next film, Valmont, Pištěk won a César Award and was nominated for a second Oscar. In 2003, he received the Czech Lion Award...

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78. Josef Václav Myslbek

1848-1922 (aged 74)

teacher sculptor

Josef Václav Myslbek was a Czech sculptor and medalist credited with founding the modern Czech sculpting style. He was born and did much of his work when the area was Bohemia.

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79. Emil Filla

1882-1953 (aged 71)

illustrator typographer art theorist exhibition curator editing staff

Emil Filla was a Czech painter. He was a leader of the avant-garde in Prague between World War I and World War II and was an early Cubist painter.

80. Mikoláš Aleš

1852-1913 (aged 61)

designer draftsperson academic painter painter watercolorist

Mikoláš Aleš was a Czech painter. Aleš is estimated to have had over 5,000 published pictures; he painted for everything from magazines to playing cards to textbooks. His paintings were not publicized too widely outside Bohemia, but many of them are still available, and he is regarded as one of the Czech Republic's greatest artists.

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81. Josef Mánes

1820-1871 (aged 51)

painter exlibrist graphic artist illustrator

Josef Mánes was a Czech painter.

82. Josef Gočár

1880-1945 (aged 65)

pedagogue architect designer urban planner typographer

Josef Gočár was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in the Czech Republic.

83. Jakub Schikaneder

1855-1924 (aged 69)

painter teacher illustrator

Jakub Schikaneder was a Czech painter and art professor. His work is known for its atmospheric, soft, and sorrowful genre scenes. The melancholy and moody themes of Schikaneder's pieces bear resemblance to the artistic trends of Romanticism, Realism, and Symbolism. Gabriel von Max, a Prague artist and professor of history painting, was a mentor and teacher for Schikaneder. Schikaneder notably...

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84. Eva Jiřičná

1939-. (aged 87)

exhibition curator teacher opinion journalist architect

Eva Jiřičná is a Czech architect and designer, active in London and Prague. She is the founder of the architectural atelier Eva Jiricna Architects, operating in Britain (at first as Jiřičná Kerr Associates) from 1982 to 2017 and a co-founder of AI DESIGN, that she opened in 1999 together with Petr Vágner. She is known for her attention to detail...

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85. Jana Krausová

1954-. (aged 72)

visual artist painter actor ceramicist

Jana Krausová is a Czech actress. She was formerly married to actor Jan Kraus. Krausová is also an experienced artist, having presented works in art exhibitions both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Krausová is a long-term theatre collaborator with Karel Roden, having worked together on seven plays since starring together in the 2002 Czech version of the Dario Fo...

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86. Juraj Herz

1934-2018 (aged 84)

screenwriter film director director actor

Juraj Herz was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status. He directed for both film and television,...

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87. Eva Koťátková

1982-. (aged 44)

multimedia artist conceptual artist draftsperson installation artist visual artist

Eva Koťátková is a Czech installation artist and film maker.

88. Eva Fuka

1927-2015 (aged 88)

visual artist collagist photographer

Eva Fuka-Engle was a Czech American photographer.

89. Jakub Obrovský

1882-1949 (aged 67)

painter pedagogue writer university teacher sculptor

Jakub Obrovský was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor and writer.

90. Oldřich Blažíček

1887-1953 (aged 66)

painter draftsperson puppet designer typographer teacher

Oldřich Blažíček was a Czech painter, representative of modern landscape paintings.

91. Jaroslav Špillar

1869-1917 (aged 48)

visual artist painter

Jaroslav Špillar was a Czech artist who specialized in painting the Chodové ("Rangers").

92. Václav Špála

1885-1946 (aged 61)

painter graphic artist teacher illustrator

Václav Špála was a Czech painter, graphic designer and illustrator.

93. Bohumil Kafka

1878-1942 (aged 64)

medalist teacher art educator sculptor pedagogue

Bohumil Kafka was a Czech sculptor and pedagogue.

94. Antonín Procházka

1882-1945 (aged 63)

exlibrist graphic artist pedagogue painter collagist

Antonín Procházka was a Czech Modernist painter and graphic artist.

95. Ester Geislerová

1984-. (aged 42)

model television actor film actor actor visual artist

Ester Geislerová is a Czech actress and former model.

96. Adolf Born

1930-2016 (aged 86)

film director graphic artist postage stamp designer screenwriter caricaturist

Adolf Born was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". In recognition of his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Born was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. His various international rewards and honors also include the...

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97. Josef Šíma

1891-1971 (aged 80)

painter illustrator translator graphic artist visual artist

Josef Šíma was a Czech modernist painter.

98. Rihard Jakopič

1869-1943 (aged 74)

painter art theorist

Rihard Jakopič was a Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovene Impressionist painting.

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99. Gabriel von Max

1840-1915 (aged 75)

painter teacher pedagogue university teacher

Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max was a Prague-born Austrian-German painter, and professor of history painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was also a collector of anthropological artifacts. His collection included between 60.000 and 80.000 objects from Zoology, Anthropology, Ethology, and Prehistory. The collection is displayed in the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim.

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100. František Kupka

1871-1957 (aged 86)

graphic artist Czechoslovak legionary university teacher painter teacher

František Kupka was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism.