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Jan Sovák

Jan Sovák (February 13, 1953 – April 14, 2025) was a Czech paleoartist and painter. He illustrated more than 300 books and created many paintings for scientists including paleontologist Phil Currie and dinosaur writer Don "Dino" Lessem. His sculptures and paintings are prominently featured at the Natural History Museum in Prague. Many of his paintings depict dinosaurs and other prehistoric life.

Sovák was born in Tábor in the former Czechoslovakia, and was inspired from an early age by the Czech palaeoartist Zdeněk Burian. He moved to Canada in 1982, returning to live in the Czech Republic in 2017 and was living in Příbram at the time of his death. His work has been published in publications written in more than fifteen languages. More than forty museums around the world house examples of his art on prehistoric animals, and his illustrations have also appeared on educational television, including in twelve films on the Discovery Channel. Provided by Wikipedia