František Kaván

František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czech painter and poet.

Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888.

During 1889 to 1896 he studied painting at the academy in Prague under the guidance of Julius Mařák.

He spent the end of his life in the area of Krkonoše, his birthplace.

As a painter, he specialised in realistic landscapes and created over 4,000 paintings.