Josef Čapek

Czech · 1887–1945 · Painter, Printmaker

Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and poet. He invented the word 'robot', which was introduced into literature… (Wikipedia)

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Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and poet. He invented the word 'robot', which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.

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Born 1887, HronovDied 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration campOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator, PhotographerWikidata Q454568 ↗ULAN 500115342 ↗Museum works 8

cubismExpressionism

Also known as Čapek Josef, Joseph Capek