Edouard Vysekal

Edouard Antonin Vysekal
BornMarch 17, 1890
Kutná Hora, Bohemia
DiedDecember 2, 1939(1939-12-02) (aged 49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesEdward Antonin Vysekal
OccupationPainter
Employer(s)School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design
SpouseLuvena Vysekal
RelativesElla Buchanan (sister-in-law)
Winterish, St. Paul. 1911.

Edouard Vysekal (1890 – December 2, 1939) was a Bohemia-born American painter and art educator.[1] He was active in Chicago and Southern California.

Biography

Vysekal was born on March 17, 1890, in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born into a family of artists.[2] Vysekal began his art education in Prague.[2] Around 1907, he moved to St Paul, Minnesota to join his father.[2] Later studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) under John Vanderpoel, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry Mills Walcott, and Morgan Russell.[2]

He taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (from 1912 to 1914) and around 1914, he married a student Luvena Buchanan.[2][3] The couple moved to Southern California after marriage.[2]

Additionally he taught at the Art Students League of Los Angeles, and the Otis College of Art and Design (formally Otis Art Institute; from 1922 to 1939).[4] His work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[5]

Further reading

  • Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian (2011). Love Never Fails: The Art of Edouard and Luvena Vysekal. Pasadena, California: Pasadena Museum of California Art. ISBN 9781450790291. OCLC 764728125.

References

  1. ^ "Friends Honor Artist's Memory: Edouard A. Vysekal's Work as Teacher and Craftsman Praised". The Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Edouard Antonin Vysekal - Biography". AskArt.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "Luvena Vysekal newspaper clippings and photos relating to Edouard Vysekal, 1910-1942". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Luvena Vysekal newspaper clippings and photos relating to Edouard Vysekal, 1910-1942". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Edouard Antonin Vysekal". LACMA. Retrieved July 25, 2020.


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