100 Notable Alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

František Kupka

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1871-1957 (aged 86)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1891
Occupations: painteruniversity teacherCzechoslovak legionarygraphic artistgraphic designer
Biography: František Kupka, also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka, was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic Cubism (Orphism). Kupka's abstract works arose from a base of realism, but later evolved into pure abstract art.

Peter Weiss

Born in: Germany
Years: 1916-1982 (aged 66)
Occupations: painterwriterdirectorfilm directorplaywright
Biography: Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance.

Jana Krausová

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: paintervisual artistceramicistactor
Biography: 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 production The Open Couple.

Juraj Herz

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1934-2018 (aged 84)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriteractordirector
Biography: 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, and in the latter capacity he directed episodes of a French-Czech television series based on George Simenon's Maigret novels.

Mikoláš Aleš

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1852-1913 (aged 61)
Occupations: academic painterpainterdrawerillustrator
Biography: 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.

Josef Mánes

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1820-1871 (aged 51)
Occupations: painterillustrator
Biography: Josef Mánes was a Czech painter.

Josef Gočár

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1880-1945 (aged 65)
Occupations: urban plannerdesignerarchitectpedagogueteacher
Biography: Josef Gočár was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in Czech Republic.

Ester Geislerová

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1984-.. (age 40)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied new media art
Occupations: modelvisual artistfilm actoractor
Biography: Ester Geislerová is a Czech actress and former model.

Adolf Born

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1930-2016 (aged 86)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1953-1955
Occupations: screenwriteranimatorillustratorwriterfilm director
Biography: 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 Grand Prix at the International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal and the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

Jakub Schikaneder

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1855-1924 (aged 69)
Occupations: painterillustratorteacher
Biography: Jakub Schikaneder (February 27, 1855 in Prague – November 15, 1924 in Prague) was a painter from Bohemia.

Josef Václav Myslbek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1848-1922 (aged 74)
Occupations: sculptorteacher
Biography: Josef Václav Myslbek was a Czech sculptor and medalist credited with founding the modern Czech sculpting style.

Eva Jiřičná

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1939-.. (age 85)
Occupations: exhibition curatorarchitectopinion journalistteacher
Biography: 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 and work of a distinctly modern style, and for her glass staircases.

Gabriel von Max

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1840-1915 (aged 75)
Occupations: painteruniversity teacherpedagogueteacher
Biography: Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max was a Prague-born Austrian painter, and professor of history painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was also a collector of anthropological artifacts.

Emil Filla

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1882-1953 (aged 71)
Occupations: painterexhibition curatorsculptorgraphic artistteacher
Biography: 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.

Theodor Pištěk

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1932-.. (age 92)
Occupations: paintercostume designerscenographerillustrator
Biography: Theodor Pištěk is a Czech painter, costume designer, set designer and former 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 an Oscar. In 2003 he received the Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film, in 2013 he was awarded the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, and in 2017 he received the Golden Slipper for Outstanding Contribution to Films for Children and Young People.

Milan Knížák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1940-.. (age 84)
Occupations: artistarchitectsculptorwritercomposer
Biography: 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.

Václav Brožík

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1851-1901 (aged 50)
Occupations: painterart historianpedagogueteacher
Biography: Václav Brožík was a Czech painter who worked in the academic style.

Ivan Mrkvička

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1856-1938 (aged 82)
Occupations: poetpainterteacher
Biography: 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.

Bohuslav Fuchs

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1895-1972 (aged 77)
Occupations: university teacherdesignerarchitectpedagogueteacher
Biography: Bohuslav Fuchs was a Czech modernist architect.

Dea Trier Mørch

Born in: Denmark
Years: 1941-2001 (aged 60)
Occupations: writergraphic artist
Biography: Dea Trier Mørch was a Danish artist and writer. She gained fame in 1976 with Vinterbørn, translated into English as Winter's Child.

Jiří Anderle

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Occupations: graphic designerpainterprintmaker
Biography: Jiří Anderle is a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was of assimilated German ethnic ancestry from paternal side.

Josef Šíma

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1891-1971 (aged 80)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1910-1914
Occupations: paintervisual artistgraphic artisttranslatorillustrator
Biography: Josef Šíma was a Czechoslovak modernist painter.

Joža Uprka

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1861-1940 (aged 79)
Occupations: graphic designerpaintergraphic artist
Biography: 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.

Antonín Chittussi

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1847-1891 (aged 44)
Occupations: landscape painterpainter
Biography: Antonín Chittussi was a Czech Impressionist landscape and cityscape painter.

Kateřina Šedá

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Occupations: artistperformance artistpaintergraphic artistphotographer
Biography: Kateřina Šedá is a Czech artist focused on conceptual art and social art.

Jaroslav Čermák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1830-1878 (aged 48)
Occupations: paintervisual artistdrawerillustrator
Biography: 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.

Rihard Jakopič

Born in: Slovenia
Years: 1869-1943 (aged 74)
Occupations: art theoristpainter
Biography: 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.

Václav Špála

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1885-1946 (aged 61)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1903-1909
Occupations: graphic artistpainterillustratorteacher
Biography: Václav Špála was a Czech painter, graphic designer and illustrator.

Luděk Marold

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1865-1898 (aged 33)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1881-1882; Studied in 1887-1889
Occupations: paintergraphic artistillustrator
Biography: 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.

Julius Mařák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1832-1899 (aged 67)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1852-1853
Occupations: university teacherdrawergraphic designerpaintergraphic artist
Biography: Julius Eduard Mařák was a Czech landscape painter and graphic designer.

Jaroslav Věšín

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1860-1915 (aged 55)
Occupations: genre painterpaintermilitary officer
Biography: 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.

Bohumil Kafka

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1878-1942 (aged 64)
Occupations: teachermedalistpedagoguesculptorart educator
Biography: Bohumil Kafka was a Czech sculptor and pedagogue.

Franz Dvorak

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1862-1927 (aged 65)
Occupations: painterillustrator
Biography: František Dvořák, born Bruner, also known as Franz Dvorak or Franz Bruner was a Czech painter.

Jaroslav Panuška

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1872-1958 (aged 86)
Occupations: painterillustratordrawer
Biography: Jaroslav Panuška was a Czech painter and illustrator.

Janko Alexy

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1894-1970 (aged 76)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1919-1925
Occupations: painterwriterpedagogue
Biography: 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.

Antonín Procházka

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1882-1945 (aged 63)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1904-1906
Occupations: pedagoguepaintergraphic artistillustratorteacher
Biography: Antonín Procházka was a Czech Modernist painter and graphic artist.

Božidar Jakac

Born in: Slovenia
Years: 1899-1989 (aged 90)
Occupations: art educatorprintmakergraphic designerpaintergraphic artist
Biography: Božidar Jakac was a Slovene 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, above all, prints in Slovenia. He was also one of the key organizers in the establishment of the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and the International Biennal of Graphic Art in Ljubljana. Some of his work is on display in museums in Belgrade.

Frano Kršinić

Born in: Croatia
Years: 1897-1982 (aged 85)
Occupations: sculptor
Biography: 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 front of the building of the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (Serbia).

Marie Uchytilová

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1924-1989 (aged 65)
Occupations: sculptormedalistteacher
Biography: 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.

Pavel Pepperstein

Born in: Russia
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1987
Occupations: painterwriterart theoristgraphic artistvisual artist
Biography: Pavel Pepperstein is a Russian artist and writer.

Koloman Sokol

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1902-2003 (aged 101)
Occupations: painteruniversity teachergraphic artistgraphic designervisual artist
Biography: Koloman Sokol was one of the most prominent Slovak painters, graphic artists and illustrators. He was a founder of modern Slovak graphic art.

Josef Navrátil

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1798-1865 (aged 67)
Occupations: painterillustratorteacher
Biography: Josef Matěj Navrátil was a Czech painter.

Josef Žáček

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: typographerpaintervisual artistphotographer
Biography: Josef Žáček is a Czech painter. He graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1983.

Antonín Hudeček

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1872-1941 (aged 69)
Occupations: landscape painterpainter
Biography: Antonín Hudeček was a Czech landscape painter.

Jan Tománek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Occupations: writerfilm directordirectorvisual artistanimator
Biography: 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. Nowadays, he mostly writes books.

Aleš Veselý

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1935-2015 (aged 80)
Occupations: art educatorpedagoguevisual artistphotographerillustrator
Biography: Aleš Veselý was a Czech sculptor, graphic artist, painter and academy teacher.

Vladimír Suchánek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1933-2021 (aged 88)
Occupations: artistpostage stamp designergraphic designerpaintergraphic artist
Biography: Vladimir Suchánek was a Czech graphic artist and postage stamp designer.

František Muzika

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1900-1974 (aged 74)
Occupations: scenographerpedagogueart educatorillustratorteacher
Biography: František Muzika was a Czech artist. He was a prominent representative of avant-garde in Czechoslovakia in the first half of the 20th century.

Otakar Španiel

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1881-1955 (aged 74)
Occupations: teachermedalistcarverpedagoguesculptor
Biography: Otakar Španiel was a Czech sculptor and engraver.

Adolf Kašpar

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1877-1934 (aged 57)
Occupations: paintergraphic artistillustrator
Biography: Adolf Kašpar, was a Czech painter and illustrator.

Soběslav Pinkas

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1827-1901 (aged 74)
Occupations: paintercaricaturist
Biography: Soběslav Pinkas, originally Hippolyt Karel Maria František Pinkas was a Czech genre painter and political caricaturist.

Miloš Alexander Bazovský

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1899-1968 (aged 69)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1924
Occupations: paintergraphic artist
Biography: Miloš Alexander Bazovský was an eminent Slovak painter, often ranked among the most prominent figures of 20th-century art from Slovakia.

Adolf Kosárek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1830-1859 (aged 29)
Occupations: landscape painterpainter
Biography: Adolf Kosárek was a Czech landscape painter in the Realist style.

Vladimír Kokolia

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1956-.. (age 68)
Occupations: university teachergraphic artistteacherwritersinger
Biography: 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.

Alois Kalvoda

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1875-1934 (aged 59)
Occupations: editing staffpaintergraphic artistopinion journalistillustrator
Biography: Alois Kalvoda, was a Czech landscape painter.

Jakub Obrovský

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1882-1949 (aged 67)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1901-1904
Occupations: writerpainteruniversity teacherpedagoguesculptor
Biography: Jakub Obrovský was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor and writer.

Václav Jansa

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1859-1913 (aged 54)
Occupations: painterillustratorteacher
Biography: Václav Jansa was a Czech landscape painter and illustrator; best known for his watercolors of the Old Town in Prague.

Věnceslav Černý

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1865-1936 (aged 71)
Occupations: puppet designerwriterpaintervisual artistillustrator
Biography: Věnceslav Černý was a Czech illustrator and painter.

Arthur von Ramberg

Born in: Austria
Years: 1819-1875 (aged 56)
Occupations: university teacherpainter
Biography: Arthur von Ramberg was an Austrian-born painter who worked in Germany.

Frantisek Mertl

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1930-.. (age 94)
Occupations: sculptorpainterillustratorteacher
Biography: 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.

Vítězslav Karel Mašek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1865-1927 (aged 62)
Occupations: architectteacherdesignerpedagogueillustrator
Biography: Karel Vítězslav Mašek was a Czech painter, architect, illustrator and art professor.

Ludwig Blum

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1891-1974 (aged 83)
Occupations: painter
Biography: 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".

Oldřich Blažíček

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1887-1953 (aged 66)
Occupations: typographerteacherpainterdrawerillustrator
Biography: Oldřich Blažíček was a Czech painter, representative of modern landscape paintings.

Shraga Weil

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1918-2009 (aged 91)
Occupations: graphic artistsculptorpainterillustrator
Biography: Shraga Weil was an Israeli painter.

Karel Svoboda

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1824-1870 (aged 46)
Occupations: painterportraitistillustrator
Biography: Karel Svoboda was a Czech/Austrian painter, primarily of historical scenes, which are notable for their accurate detail. He worked in Prague and Vienna.

Vincenc Beneš

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1883-1979 (aged 96)
Occupations: art criticpaintergraphic artistillustratorteacher
Biography: Vincenc Beneš was a Czech painter.

Alois Wachsman

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1898-1942 (aged 44)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1925-1928
Occupations: painterscenographerarchitectillustrator
Biography: Alois Wachsman was a Czech painter, stage designer and architect.

Federico Diaz

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: sculptormultimedia artistvisual artist
Biography: Federico Díaz is an artist of Czech-Argentine descent who lives and works in Prague. He has exhibited at the Mori Art Museum Tokyo, CAFA Museum Beijing, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica Linz, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Basel in Miami Beach, the Florence Biennale, at the 54thVenice Biennale, the Brno House of Arts, Royal Institute of British Architects and had a project with the University of Cambridge. In 2010 he represented Czech art at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. In 2007 he received the Premio Internazionale Lorenzo il Magnifico for digital media at the Florence Biennale.

Jaroslav Špillar

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1869-1917 (aged 48)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Jaroslav Špillar was a Czech artist who specialized in painting the Chodové ("Rangers").

Václav Boštík

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1913-2005 (aged 92)
Occupations: painterrestorergraphic artistgraphic designerillustrator
Biography: Václav Boštík was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator.

Jiří Černický

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: painterconceptual artist
Biography: 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.

Josef Bolf

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: graphic artistpaintervisual artistrestorer
Biography: 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.

Josef Wagner the Younger

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1901-1957 (aged 56)
Occupations: restorersculptorpedagoguepainterteacher
Biography: Josef Wagner the Younger was a Czech painter and sculptor.

Eva Fuka

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1927-2015 (aged 88)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1950
Occupations: photographercollagistvisual artist
Biography: Eva Fuka-Engle was a Czech American photographer.

Vratislav Hugo Brunner

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1886-1928 (aged 42)
Occupations: teacherillustratorgraphic designertypographerediting staff
Biography: 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.

Jan Konůpek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1883-1950 (aged 67)
Occupations: paintergraphic artistteacherpedagogueillustrator
Biography: Jan Konůpek was a Czech painter, illustrator, 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.

Antonín Viktor Barvitius

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1823-1901 (aged 78)
Occupations: painterartistarchitect
Biography: Antonín Viktor Barvitius, also known as Anton Barvitius, was a Czech architect working in Revivalism architecture.

Otto Placht

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: painterart educatorteacher
Biography: Otto Placht is a Czech artist based in Peru.

Vojtěch Bartoněk

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1859-1908 (aged 49)
Occupations: paintervisual artistillustratorrestorer
Biography: Vojtěch Bartoněk was a Czech painter and art restorer.

Karel Javůrek

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1815-1909 (aged 94)
Occupations: painterrestorerteacher
Biography: Karel Javůrek was a Czech history painter.

Alois Bubák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1824-1870 (aged 46)
Occupations: painterteacherlandscape painterdrawerillustrator
Biography: Alois Bubák was a Czech painter of landscapes and an illustrator.

Ferdinand Laufberger

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1829-1881 (aged 52)
Enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague: Studied in 1844
Occupations: paintergraphic artist
Biography: Ferdinand Julius Wilhelm Laufberger was an Austrian painter and etcher.

Jaroslav Šerých

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1928-2014 (aged 86)
Occupations: exhibition curatortypographerpaintergraphic artistillustrator
Biography: Jaroslav Šerých was a Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator.

Vladimír Novák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1947-.. (age 77)
Occupations: writerpaintervisual artistgraphic artistillustrator
Biography: Vladimír Novák is a Czech painter.

Viktor Foerster

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1867-1915 (aged 48)
Occupations: paintermosaicist
Biography: 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.

Viktor Barvitius

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1834-1902 (aged 68)
Occupations: painterart theoristteacher
Biography: Viktor Barvitius was a Czech painter, influenced primarily by Realism and late Impressionism.

Stanislav Hanzík

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1931-2021 (aged 90)
Occupations: sculptorteacher
Biography: Stanislav Hanzík was a contemporary Czech sculptor. He is especially known for free sculptures, portraits, and realizations together with architects.

Jaroslav Benda

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1882-1970 (aged 88)
Occupations: editing staffpaintergraphic artistillustratorteacher
Biography: Jaroslav Benda was Czech painter, graphic artist, author, designer of postage stamps and posters, monumental decorations. His contributions significantly affected the development of Czech book graphics.

Naděžda Plíšková

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1934-1999 (aged 65)
Occupations: graphic artistpoetsculptorwriter
Biography: Naděžda Plíšková was a Czech printmaker, painter, ceramist, author of sculptural objects and poet.

Karel Balcar

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Karel Balcar is a Czech painter.

Zdeněk Mézl

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1934-2016 (aged 82)
Occupations: graphic artistexhibition curatorillustratorteacher
Biography: Zdeněk Mézl was a Czech printmaker, principally known for his illustrations.

Martin Němec

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: composerscreenwriterpaintermusicianillustrator
Biography: Martin Němec is a Czech rock musician and composer.

Lajos Csordák

Born in: Slovakia
Years: 1864-1937 (aged 73)
Occupations: painterart educatorteacher
Biography: Lajos Csordák was a Hungarian painter.

Jaroslav Augusta

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1878-1970 (aged 92)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Jaroslav Augusta was a Czech-born painter and art teacher, based in Slovakia.

František Michl

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1901-1977 (aged 76)
Occupations: paintergraphic artist
Biography: František Michl, Czech academic painter, graphic artist, and original designer of the Škoda Works emblem, the "Winged Arrow". He was imprisoned in Pankrac Prison, and the concentration camps Terezin and Flossenbürg after his arrest by Nazis for an anti-fascist demonstration at Domažlice. After the war he was arrested in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for listening to the anticommunist Radio Liberty.

Kamila Ženatá

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1953-.. (age 71)
Occupations: graphic artistpainterexhibition curatorteacher
Biography: Kamila Ženatá is a Czech artist, known primarily for her video art and installation works.

František Čermák

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1822-1884 (aged 62)
Occupations: painterart educatorteacher
Biography: František Čermák was a Czech painter, art professor and rector at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. He is primarily known for historical genre scenes.

Hynek Martinec

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1980-.. (age 44)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Hynek Martinec is a Czech-British painter, who graduated from the Studio of Classical Painting Techniques under the supervision of Zdeněk Beran at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. After his studies he left for Paris (2005-2007) and since 2007 has been living in London. He received the prestigious BP Young Artist Award (2007) for his hyperrealistic portraits. His paintings are inspired by Old Masters and/or photographs, which link the past with the future, using modern technologies.

Antonín Lhota

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1812-1905 (aged 93)
Occupations: painterpedagogueteacher
Biography: Antonín Lhota was a Czech painter and art teacher.

Josef Bosáček

Born in: Czech Republic
Years: 1857-1934 (aged 77)
Occupations: painter
Biography: Josef Bosáček was a Czech painter and classical graffiti artist.