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1873 LeMars, Iowa - 1954 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Portrait and cubist figure easel painting, mural.
Painter, muralist. Born in Le Mars, IA on Dec. 23, 1873 of Scottish parents. Luvena Vysekal was educated in Pittsburgh, KS. During 1910-14 she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John... Read full biography
Painter, muralist. Born in Le Mars, IA on Dec. 23, 1873 of Scottish parents. Luvena Vysekal was educated in Pittsburgh, KS. During 1910-14 she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Harry Walcott, and John Warner Norton. At that school she met artist Edouard Vysekal. They... Read full biography
Painter, muralist. Born in Le Mars, IA on Dec. 23, 1873 of Scottish parents. Luvena Vysekal was educated in Pittsburgh, KS. During 1910-14 she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Harry Walcott, and John Warner Norton. At that school she met artist Edouard Vysekal. They were married in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 1914 to paint murals in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro. After settling in California, Mrs. Vysekal further studied with Stanton... Read full biography
Painter, muralist. Born in Le Mars, IA on Dec. 23, 1873 of Scottish parents. Luvena Vysekal was educated in Pittsburgh, KS. During 1910-14 she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Harry Walcott, and John Warner Norton. At that school she met artist Edouard Vysekal. They were married in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 1914 to paint murals in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro. After settling in California, Mrs. Vysekal further studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright. In 1922, under the pseudonym Benjamin Blue, she authored Counterfeit Presentations, a series of character sketches of local artists. Upon the death of her husband in 1939, she became director of the Vysekal Gallery in Hollywood. Mrs. Vysekal... Read full biography
Painter, muralist. Born in Le Mars, IA on Dec. 23, 1873 of Scottish parents. Luvena Vysekal was educated in Pittsburgh, KS. During 1910-14 she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Harry Walcott, and John Warner Norton. At that school she met artist Edouard Vysekal. They were married in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 1914 to paint murals in the Barbara Worth Hotel in El Centro. After settling in California, Mrs. Vysekal further studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright. In 1922, under the pseudonym Benjamin Blue, she authored Counterfeit Presentations, a series of character sketches of local artists. Upon the death of her husband in 1939, she became director of the Vysekal Gallery in Hollywood. Mrs. Vysekal was a resident of Los Angeles until her death on Jan. 11, 1954. Her sister was sculptor Ella Buchanan. EXH. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,... Read full biography
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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
- •California Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Harry M. Walcott
- •John Vanderpoel
- •John W. Norton
- •Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Matthew Bakkom Archive Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •Painters & Sculptors Club of Los Angeles-
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Ebell Art Club