Born in Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia on March 17, 1890 into a family of artists. Edouard Vysekal began his art studies in Prague and, after joining his father in St Paul, MN in 1907, studied at the AIC... Read full biography
Born in Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia on March 17, 1890 into a family of artists. Edouard Vysekal began his art studies in Prague and, after joining his father in St Paul, MN in 1907, studied at the AIC under Vanderpoel, and later with Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry M. Walcott, and Morgan Russell. He... Read full biography
Born in Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia on March 17, 1890 into a family of artists. Edouard Vysekal began his art studies in Prague and, after joining his father in St Paul, MN in 1907, studied at the AIC under Vanderpoel, and later with Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry M. Walcott, and Morgan Russell. He taught at the Art Institute from 1912-14 and married one of his pupils, Luvena Buchanan. In 1914 the couple came west to execute a mural commission in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro, CA. Opting... Read full biography
Born in Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia on March 17, 1890 into a family of artists. Edouard Vysekal began his art studies in Prague and, after joining his father in St Paul, MN in 1907, studied at the AIC under Vanderpoel, and later with Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry M. Walcott, and Morgan Russell. He taught at the Art Institute from 1912-14 and married one of his pupils, Luvena Buchanan. In 1914 the couple came west to execute a mural commission in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro, CA. Opting to remain in California, he established a studio home in the Hollywood Hills. He taught in Los Angeles at the Art Students League, and from 1922-39 at Otis Art Institute. Vysekal's bold, modern figure studies won many awards in southern California... Read full biography
Born in Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia on March 17, 1890 into a family of artists. Edouard Vysekal began his art studies in Prague and, after joining his father in St Paul, MN in 1907, studied at the AIC under Vanderpoel, and later with Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry M. Walcott, and Morgan Russell. He taught at the Art Institute from 1912-14 and married one of his pupils, Luvena Buchanan. In 1914 the couple came west to execute a mural commission in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro, CA. Opting to remain in California, he established a studio home in the Hollywood Hills. He taught in Los Angeles at the Art Students League, and from 1922-39 at Otis Art Institute. Vysekal's bold, modern figure studies won many awards in southern California before his death in Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 1939. Exh: AIC, 1911, 1912 (prizes); Palette & Chisel. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
Love Never Fails: The Arts of Edouard and Luvena Vysekal (Pasadena Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
2011
Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian
82 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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