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1890 Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia - 1939 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Modernist figure, landscape and portrait painting.
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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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •California Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
- •California Watercolor Society
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
Art Teacher
- •Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Art School
- •Art Students League of Los Angeles, Teacher
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •California Watercolor Society-