Emil Orlik (July 21, 1870 – September 28, 1932) was born in Prague, which was at that time part of the Austro - Hungarian Empire, and lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany. He was a painter, an etcher and lithographer.

In 1905 Emil Orlik moved to Berlin and took a post at the "School for Graphic and Book Art" of the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum), now part of the Berlin State Museums.